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Article #339Dvorak Keyboard Layout
From: Read Weaver
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1989 15:34
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1989 15:34
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In article <Jul.15.19.50.08.1989.17361@topaz.rutgers.edu> shoopak@topaz.rutgers.edu (Maverick) writes:
>Does anybody know the layout for the "Dovarac (sp?)" keyboard?
>
>It was before QWERTY, but too fast for manuals.
Hmm. I don't think it was before qwerty, but yes, qwerty was designed
specifically to slow down typists (because the early machines jammed).
I've used the Dvorak layout for about a year and like it (tho' I haven't
found the rave testimonials to be borne out in my experience). (Too
bad it doesn't help with sentence structure.) ("It" meaning keyboard
layout.) (Someone stop me.)
The layout: (wish me luck).
/ , . P Y F G C R L
A O E U I D H T N S ;
' Q J K X B M W V Z
The shifted characters are /-? '-" ;-:
The top row stays the same
The extra keys on computer keyboards stay the same (or change if you want)
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