"Correct as usual," King Friday.
Now, can you i.d. the above quote??????????????????
Charles Harpole k4vud@hotmail.com
> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:33:20 -0400
> From: sub1@rogerhalstead.com
> To: amps@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Not free QWERTY
>
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> On 8/18/2010 11:51 AM, Bill, W6WRT wrote:
> > ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
> >
> > On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:37:04 -0700, "Jim Thomson"<jim.thom@telus.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone tell why the QWERTY plan is in use?
> > REPLY:
> >
> > Legend has it that QWERTY was designed to slow down typists in the
> > early days of typewriters. The old typewriters were prone to jam if
> > the typist went too fast and QWERTY required more finger movement than
> > other layouts, thus slowing them down.
> >
> > That may or may not be true, but I have heard it all my life.
> >
> All I can find, and even what we were taught in college (wayyyy back
> when...) confirms it, but that doesn't necessarily make it true. <:-))
> OTOH at 70 WPM it was quite easy to jam up a mechanical typewriter,
> often even at 60. A good typist (keyboarder now days) had to pace
> themselves or they were forever having to reach up and release the levers.
>
> I think I'm letting my age show in knowing this.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
> > 73, Bill W6WRT
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