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From: benson@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (Paul Benson)
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Subject: Re: Anybody remember the DVORAK keyboard layout?
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Date: 19 Jun 91 21:45:25 GMT
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In article <32247@dime.cs.umass.edu> gray@ibis.cs.umass.edu (Lyle Gray) writes:
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>Hmmm, this could be interesting.  I type at 90wpm on a QUERTY keyboard.  I
>wonder how fast I could go on a Dvorak layout?  (And what it would do to my
>regular typing...)
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>Lyle H. Gray                        Internet (personal): gray@cs.umass.edu
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  90 wpm and you spell QWERTY wrong?  Come on that's easy! ;)  And yes
  it would be interesting as to what increase you would get.  There must
  be some maximum nimbleness to the fingers that limits the wpm, but I
  would wager you would easily break the 100wpm in 3 months.  My
  regular typing did not hurt much, you just have to get back into the
  groove.  But I was no speed demon on QWERTY, so dropping from 30 to
  29 wpm would go unnoticed.
  Try it, you'll like it.

  Paul
  Vanderbilt University
  GEnie: P.Benson1