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From: lee@soda.Berkeley.EDU (Lee M. Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: New Extended Keyboards
Keywords: more like typing speed.
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Date: 6 Jan 91 05:44:32 GMT
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In article <10772@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> michaelh@uhunix1.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Mich
ael
A. Hoffhines) writes:
>>Once again, for any listening eyes from Apple, here are some of the
>>combinations that create problems:
>>
>>1. Typing 'pro' rapidly results in 'pr' and the keyboard freezes until
>>   you type something other than an 'oh', then subsequent keystrokes
>>   appear.
>>2. Typing 'out' rapidly results in 'ou;'.
>>
>>I haven't come across any combinations other than these that create problems,
>>but these two sting me at least once a day.
 
actually, has anyone ever thought that i could be typing speed that's causing
the problems?  the particular combinations being cited are ones that people
would type rapidly, even if they're not trained typists.
 
IBM ran across this problem about 25 years ago with their selectric
typewriters.  typing faster than 80 words per minute jammed the mechanism.
as someone who types 100 words a minute, yes i've run across this on the
new keyboards.  when i'm typing that fast!  not otherwise.
 
good thing i've still got my floatation device. (original extended keyboard
was called "saratoga" during development)
 

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>> Lee M. Thompson                              >>>>>>
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