Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, You must be on an Apple desktop because the keyboard of my iBook G is the worst I have ever used. When I try to type fast (or slow for that matter), the curser bounces all over the place landing in odd places elsewhere in the text. I love the rest of the machine too much to part with it. Regards, Rob McClure On Apr 11, 2006, at 11:14 PM, Brian Reid wrote: > I can type 120 to 140 words per minute in a proper chair with a good > keyboard. > When I worked at Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1990s I had > their keyboard people hand-make me a custom keyboard to my > specifications. I like to believe I know something about keyboards. > > IBM keyboards are very good, but the very best keyboards ever made > were made by Facit, in Sweden, for their electric typewriters. In the > early days of interactive computing, Facit would sell you a typewriter > that had been reconfigured to work like a teletype. There were binary > codes drilled in the keys, and as each swung towards the paper, a > photocell noted the sequence of holes and transmitted the appropriate > character. I used to be able to do 150 words per minute on a Facit. > > These days I use the standard Apple keyboard, which isn't bad. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >