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From: ma...
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2018 07:12

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On 2018-03-27, Charles Richmond <nume...@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
> On 3/26/2018 10:03 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>> On 2018-03-26, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote:
>> 
>> keybaord, on the other hand, wanted a consistent 10 characters
>> per second; bursts wouldn't work.  In addition, it was hard to
>> type fast given the long key travel and high pressure required.
>> 
>
> Typists on manual typewrites... had to type in rhythm.  That was the 
> important thing, rather than the speed.  If you got out of rhythm, the 
> keys would jam.  Unlike a computer keyboard, when you type "the"... you 
> can *not* hit the t-h in rapid succession.  You have to stay in a 
> rhythmic pattern.
>

Therefore, the qwerty keyboards was brought in to slow things down?


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