[Amps] Not free QWERTY

[Bill, W6WRT]

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Wed, 18 Aug 2010 07:37:04 -0700, "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom at 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. 

73, Bill W6WRT