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From: fin@norge.unet.umn.edu (Craig A. Finseth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP-48 TEXT (was Re: HP95 keyboard?)
Keywords: size,typing
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Date: 14 Jun 91 16:04:11 GMT
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I will say this one more time as I have been flooded with messages:

	I READ THE MANUAL.  MULTIPLE TIMES.  I AM AWARE OF ALL OF THE
	TRICKS, ETC.  I KNOWINGLY CHOSE NOT TO USE THEM.

I will also say two other things:

1) I am an Emacs user and have been for over fifteen years.

2) I am left handed.

Because of (1), I have a very - incredibly - amazingly - .... - strong
preference for thinking in terms of SHIFT / KEY.  (I quip that the
Emacs command set has been programmed into my spinal cord...)

Because of (2), it is awkward to hold down the alpha key while typing
letters.  (This is not a complaint.  I agree with HP's placement of
the shift keys.  After all, they need to satisfy the 50% of the people
who are born right-handed (that is not a typo: think about it)).

However, because of (1), I am also used to using PREFIX KEY / KEY.
Thus, I don't mind pressing ALPHA, then the key.  It is a little
cumbersome, but (unlike the 95), I didn't buy my 48 for taking notes.
I had the silly notion of using it as a calculator.  (:-)

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