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From: connie@sushi.psych.nwu.edu (Constance Stillinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: keyboard, mouse, hockey puck
Keywords: keyboard mouse schematics
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Date: 7 Mar 91 00:14:27 GMT
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In article <17852@milton.u.washington.edu> seymour@milton.u.washington.edu (Richard Seymour) writes:
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>i remember when DEC brought out the LK-201 keyboard design...
>They were ** SO PROUD ** of the ergonomic studies they did...
>(almost exact quote:) "We tested it with everybody ... we even brought
> in the janitors and let them use it."
>

I'll bet "everybody" didn't include many women -- else the puck would
have been smaller and the keyboard touch lighter...



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Constance Stillinger (connie@sushi.psych.nwu.edu)
Assistant Prof., Dep't of Psychology
Northwestern University
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