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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
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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)