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From: osmigo@ut-emx.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor
Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments
Message-ID: <9146@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 30 Dec 88 16:44:49 GMT
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Reply-To: osmigo@emx.UUCP (Ron Morgan)
Organization: Speech Communication UT Austin
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[re: problems with multiple keyboards/computers using RF interfaces in ]
[     the same room.                                                   ]

I'm not so sure this would be a problem. In the rock bands that use such
devices, you see as many as half a dozen different instruments on the stage
at once, each using an RF device, each using a separate amplifier, etc., and
this problem never develops. I apologize for not being able to furnish more
specific technical information.

I really would like to see this idea pursued at greater length. Just think of
the convenience of having *all* the support hardware interface via RF: hard
disks, printers, modems, CPU's, etc. could be tucked neatly away on a bookshelf
across the room. No more piling 80 pounds of technojunk on top of your desk,
not to mention doing away with that big mess of cables. 

Ron

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