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Article #926Re: Keyboard wear
From: Rod Speed
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 23:16
Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2002 23:16
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bobb <none@nowhere.com> wrote in message news:3cc1f373.310750255@news.mindspring.com... > Rod Speed <rod_speed@yahoo.com> wrote >> Only to find that the MS Internet Pro is already showing significant >> wear with the lettering after 6 months use. And significant physical >> wear on those keys too, basically the roughened surface is now smooth. > (1)it's you. yer pounding that thing too hard. Nope, never had that problem with the previous era keyboards like the DEC LK 201 or the VT100 keyboards. > (2)why do you want to see the keys, aren't you touch-type by now??? Yeah, been able to do that when I was a school kid, quite a few decades ago now, because no one could read my writing. No one touchtypes stuff like CD keys etc tho.
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