Re: chord keyboard faster than traditional keyboard?

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From: Mike Khaw
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1989 04:24

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nukim@ndsuvax.UUCP (kyongsok kim) writes:


+   A Virinia engineer Larry Langley is developing
+a chord keyboard w/ the help of the Navy.  The kbd has 8 keys,
+4 for each hand, and each key has two positions (front and back).
+One plays one key from each hand simultaneously and we have 8 X 8 = 64
+combinations.  Karl Kroemer (working on a chording system) said,

Just a sec ... 8 keys with 2 positions each should be 2**8 = 256
combinations.  (USASCII uses 7 bits => 2**7 = 128).

Mike Khaw
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Subject: Re: chord keyboard faster than traditional keyboard?
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