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From: ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Lance Franklin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CRETIN MANOR MAIL
Message-ID: <5851@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>
Date: 19 Oct 88 05:49:47 GMT
References: <7699@gryphon.CTS.COM> <3220@hubcap.UUCP> <7369@well.UUCP> <2821@sugar.uu.net> <361@laic.UUCP>
Reply-To: ltf@killer.Dallas.TX.US (Lance Franklin)
Organization: The Unix(R) Connection BBS, Dallas, Tx
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In article <361@laic.UUCP> darin@nova.UUCP (Darin Johnson) writes:
>Another "computer-illiterate literate" that comes to mind is Piers Anthony.
>
>A topic talked about is his switch-over from typewriter to wordprocessor.
>His two major choices were "Captain M" and "Miss Dos".  Now his primary
>goal was to be able to redefine his keymaps to use his own style of
>keyboard layout (it may have been Dvorak, but I seem to recall it was his
>own setup).  His choice of wordprocessor and computer revolved around
>this decision (he eventually bought a DEC Rainbow running CP/M).  Now,
>I know I could have written a keymap for the Amiga, I doubt that a
>novice could have (I suppose if he had heard of Amiga and knew an
>Amiga programmer who could write a keymap, the story would have ended
>differently).

Actually, you wouldn't have had to...according to the documentation for 
the Enhancer software (AmigaDOS V1.2), a keymap already exists for the
Dvorak keyboard...usa2.  You'll find it referred to on page 17, and a 
quick reference to my original Workbench 1.2 disk reveals it's presence
there.  So the Amiga, as it comes from the dealer, can Dvorak without
a lot of trouble.


Lance



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| Lance T Franklin        | | I never said that! It must be some kind of a  |
| ltf@killer.DALLAS.TX.US | | forgery...I gotta change that password again. |
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