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Article #3231Re: keyboard, mouse, hockey puck
From: Richard Seymour
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1991 22:27
Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1991 22:27
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In article <448@tivoli.UUCP> lark@tivoli.com (Lar Kaufman) writes: (in reference to DEC's keyboard and mouse design...) >P.S. Makes you wonder what kind of ergonomic studies DEC does, doesn't it? i remember when DEC brought out the LK-201 keyboard design... They were ** SO PROUD ** of the ergonomic studies they did... (almost exact quote:) "We tested it with everybody ... we even brought in the janitors and let them use it." Great -- and so a keyboard designed for non-typists hit the field (with a Compose Key which all the typists proceeded to hit... at least the vt320 (and most VT-emulators) lets you ignore it, now...) --dick
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!milton!seymour From: seymour@milton.u.washington.edu (Richard Seymour) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: keyboard, mouse, hockey puck Keywords: keyboard mouse schematics Message-ID: <17852@milton.u.washington.edu> Date: 6 Mar 91 22:27:54 GMT References: <448@tivoli.UUCP> Organization: University of Washington, Seattle Lines: 13