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From: funkstr@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Larry Hastings)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Dvorak keys vs. QWERT
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Date: 6 Sep 90 21:51:57 GMT
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+-In article <7657@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>, hardaker@iris.UCDavis.EDU
| (Wes Hardaker) wrote:
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|
| Does anyone know both keyboards, and do you have a problem getting
| confused?  I doubt anyone just know the Dvorak style since there are so
| few keyboards that support Dvorak.  I think this would be a problem
| switching from one to the other, however, or is the brain intelligent
| enough to seperate the two during their respective use.
|
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I have a Northgate OmniKey/PLUS, which supports two Dvorak layouts
(one with the standard QWERTY number keys, and one with the weird Dvorak
number key layout).  This is a nice keyboard in many other ways, and is very
easy to get (just order from Northgate).  The keyboard is about $100, and
you can optionally get Dvorak keycaps for another $15 (you can't just move
the keys that are already there -- they have differently shaped keys for each
row).

I don't _know_ the Dvorak keyboard layout, but I am working on it -- and it
seems to me that your brain could keep them mostly separated (there might
be a little crossover, but not much).  It occurs to me that this is similar to
(although more complex than) switching between an 84-key and a 101-key -- and
my brain is able to remember that the Esc and the function keys are above the
alphanum keys.
--
larry hastings, the galactic funkster, funkstr@ucscb.ucsc.edu

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