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From: dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: B.O.S.S or Wizard, etc
Message-ID: <8540008@hpspcoi.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Nov 90 19:33:08 GMT
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>mathew@mantis.UUCP 
>   The obtained results showed that the alphabetical diagonal
>   arrangement achieved better typing speed rates, and that the
>   differences between typing rates achieved with the other three
>   layouts are practically insignificant.
>
>So for people who don't use computers much (i.e., those who might be expected
>to buy a Sharp personal organizer) an alphabetic keyboard is no worse than
>QWERTY, and probably somewhat better.

The alphabetic layout on the Wizard is NOT a diagonal
alphabetic layout. This result only shows the key layout of the
Wizard is a minus. You have to learn a new key layout that
makes no difference in speed over a qwerty layout that everyone
already knows.

			   Danny Low
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