Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ficc!morrison
From: morrison@ficc.uu.net (Brad Morrison)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Keyboards - input devices
Summary: TRON (not the Disney film)
Message-ID: <2760@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 16 Jan 89 22:14:39 GMT
References: <315@s1.sys.uea.ac.uk>
Organization: {xe,u}nix Support
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In article <315@s1.sys.uea.ac.uk>, jrk@s1.sys.uea.ac.uk (Richard Kennaway) writes:
> A few years ago, in one of the computer rags, I saw an article about such a
> keyboard.  It had the keys laid out so as (it was claimed) to fit the hands
> better.  Instead of being in straight rows on a plane, they were arranged
> roughly in two clusters around the positions of the hands, in such a way
> as to minimise the amount of hand and finger movement required.  Not a
> straight line in sight.  It looked like something designed by Dali.  I cant
> remember any more details.  Does anyone recognise this?  Was it ever
> commercially produced?
> 
Sounds like the TRON keyboard, by that Japanese chap, who'd redone everything
from the ALU to the keyboard, including the OS.

Speaking of future developments, has anyone heard more about TRON?
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