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From: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Really: Chord Keyboards
Message-ID: <2106@dciem.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 28-Jan-87 19:01:08 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 28 19:01:08 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 29-Jan-87 19:04:49 EST
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Reply-To: mmt@dciem.UUCP (Martin Taylor)
Organization: D.C.I.E.M., Toronto, Canada
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>> this complaint disappears.  An alternative would be to get a chord keyboard
>> for one hand and a mouse for the other hand -- does anyone know if IBM sells
>
>This setup was invented in the 60's by SRI.  Try SRI International in
>Menlo Park, CA.

Perhaps the mouse part, but chord keyboards are older.  I know that
Ferranti Electric in Toronto was experimenting with them in the early or
mid-50's  (Joe Kates and Herb Ratz were the people in question).
There are several chord keyboards on the market now, I believe.
-- 

Martin Taylor
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