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From: jr@bbn.com (John Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: Mouse cord nuisance from lap (was Re: Monitors: What Next?)
Summary: how to talk to your NeXT
Message-ID: <8575@spl1.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 88 06:50:03 GMT
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In-reply-to: tart@reed.UUCP (The Hunger Artist)

In article <10868@reed.UUCP>, tart@reed (The Hunger Artist) writes:
>Side note:  the IBM PC Jr. (remember that?) had a cordless keyboard that
>worked, I think, on some infra-red technology.  Worked real well, too -- I
>could type from across the room on the one they had at my high school.
>Couldn't see the screen, of course . . .

Cordless (non-mechanical) has to be right.  The optical mice are such
an improvement over those needing friction and cleanliness.  Infrared
instead of wires for similar reasons.  But what I always wondered was,
how do you populate a terminal rom with PCjr's?  Can you code your
keybard like a garage door opener?

>"Our new operating system uses an interface you're already familiar with . . .
>	 . . . typing!"

Infrared keyboard is nice, but typing isn't.  The NeXT appears to have
the guts to do speech input to text.  Now that will be a revolutionary
development indeed.  So give me a headset (that of course is cordless
by infrared, phone technology or whatever).
--
/jr
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