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Subject: PHILOSOPHY & CM
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Date: 20 Aug 90 00:41:24 GMT
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Category 1,  Topic 12
Message 71        Sun Aug 19, 1990
F.SERGEANT [Frank]           at 13:26 CDT
 
     Rick, thanks for the extra info on how CM uses the 3 key keyboard.  That
really helps.  I'd love to see him in action with it some day.  It's "cute"
but is it "better" is still unanswered in my mind.  When I  get around to it,
I'll try it out.

     Meanwhile, I am doing something that is vaguely related:  I'm  typing on
a Dvorak keyboard layout.  (Well, it is not classic Dvorak,  especially in
that I've left the numbers where they would be on  QWERTY).  This has been a
very interesting experiment.  I think it is a  better layout.  What is not
clear is whether it is enough better to pay  for (a) the re-learning and (b)
the loss of facility on QWERTY.   Probably not!  Also, I have failed to take
the final step of  eliminating all "far" motion (such as reaching for the
Enter, Home,  End, Esc, arrow, & function keys).  I'm going to do that too,
one of  these days.

     I'd be interested in how CM's Sh-boom relates to Harris & the RTX.   Is
it a uP that Harris will add to its line?  Do they serve different  niches,
etc?  Naturally, I am extremely happy with Harris!  Their  discernment and
judgement is beyond compare.

  -- Frank
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