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From: levine@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Leonard P Levine)
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Subject: Re: Which Came First?
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 From article <12881@accuvax.nwu.edu>, by julian@bongo.uucp (Julian
Macassey):

> 	So AT&T needed a number pad. They really had no model, so they
> ran experiments to determine which was the easiest to use with the
> least errors. The clear winner was the 2X5 (Two columns, five rows) as
> below:

>                             12
>                             34
>                             56
>                             78
>                             90

Ever notice how nice the PC function keys used to feel on the pre-101
key keyboard?

Just like this right?


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