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From: jsloan@thor.UUCP (John Sloan)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: Alternative Keyboards
Message-ID: <408@thor.wright.EDU>
Date: 19 Jan 89 14:36:03 GMT
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How about software down-loadable keyboards with keytop displays? Your
startup file downloads QUERTY or Dvorak or whatever software into the
keyboard and the keytops assume the correct characters. This also means
that every key could be a "softkey". With high resolution LCD displays,
functions keys could display their usage, which could change if such
keys were context sensitive depending on the application or mode.

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