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From: bote@csense.uucp (John Boteler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.misc
Subject: Re: Dvorak keys vs. QWERT
Message-ID: <1990Sep10.201051.139@csense.uucp>
Date: 10 Sep 90 20:10:51 GMT
References: <1990Sep7.055025.16732@nmt.edu>
Organization: Common Sense Computing, McLean, VA.
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From article <1990Sep7.055025.16732@nmt.edu>, by john@nmt.edu (John Shipman):
> Wes Hardaker (hardaker@iris.UCDavis.EDU) writes:
> +--
> | Does anyone know both keyboards, and do you have a problem
> | getting confused?  
> 
> I converted my personal equipment to the Dvorak Simplified
> Keyboard, but of course I often have to use QWERTY.  It
> doesn't bother me for long, as the feel of the keyboard
> tends to serve as a cue to tell me which layout to use.

I am curious as to why the discussion refers to keyboards as physical
entities, rather than the layout as interpreted by the computer
systems.

I have never purchased a Dvorak keyboard, yet I have been using the
layout for over 5 years. Works great, less typing!

Under DOS, I use SuperKey to remap the keyboard. Under Xenix, I use
the 'mapkey' utility for remapping the console keyboard layout.
A bit easier and quicker to implement, not to mention much cheaper!

I switch readily, albeit grudgingly, to QWERTY when forced to by
backward computers :?  Think of the analogy to standard vs automatic
transmissions in cars.


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