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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!hustle.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!news.clark.net!noos.hooked.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!howland.erols.net!agate!asami From: asami@freebsd.org (Satoshi Asami) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Dvorak Keyboard & FreeBSD Date: 12 Sep 1996 05:52:22 GMT Organization: CS Div. - EECS, The University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 Lines: 42 Message-ID: <ASAMI.96Sep11225222@sunrise.cs.berkeley.edu> References: <01bb9f65$a08c8ea0$6aa048a6@maynardm> <5150ij$aoi@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu> <5155dh$1ei@anorak.coverform.lan> <517c8n$cid@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: sunrise.cs.berkeley.edu In-reply-to: jfieber@indiana.edu's message of 11 Sep 1996 13:51:19 PST In article <517c8n$cid@dismay.ucs.indiana.edu> jfieber@indiana.edu (John Fieber) writes: * Ah, but you can't learn to touch type looking at your fingers! You're right...that's why Dvorak is ideal for learning how to touch-type...you can't look at your fingers. :) * A far * better way to learn touch typing (regardless of layout) is to have a * (small) picture of the keyboard right near your screen where you * *should* be looking. I know someone who went so far as to cover all Are you talking about kp? :) ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages-2.1.5/misc/kp-0.95.tgz * > Does anyone know someone that could supply a dvorak keyboard ? I remember * > seeing one on a tv program years ago - it looked slightly like a microslop * > keyboard in that there were two "clusters" of keys - I'd be surprised if * > they were shaped like a regular qwerty... I heard a while ago that Kinesis sells a "Dvorak upgrade kit" (or whatever) for their Ergonimic. No, I don't have the Dvorak keytops. The Kinesis Ergonomic is wonderful, although a bit pricey ($399 a few years back, may have dropped). Has two clusters of keys placed roughly shoulder-width apart, rectangular formation (not diagonal like old mechanical typewriter keyboards, and heaven forbid, "normal" computer keyboards), 6 keys on both sides for thumb shift etc. Fully programmable, can use up to two foot pads (I use one for keypad switch, as the keypad is "embedded" in the right-hand cluster). Call them at 206-402-8100 if you are interested. And if you can, avoid the Microsoft Natural at all costs. I have tried it before, returned it after a week. It's diagonal, has a horrible touch (especially the inverted-T shaped spacebar), and the `6' key is on the left hand block (can they spell "touch-type"???). The worst keyboard that I've ever used in my life (but one of the best-looking, pity). Satoshi (the keyboard maniac)