[Amps] K8RI wins QWERTY

[Jim Barber]

Not without revealing closet Mr. Rogers fans...

We would occasionally sentence our children to watching it if it was 
-20F outside and they had been particularly obnoxious.

73,
Jim, N7CXI


Charles Harpole wrote:
> "Correct as usual," King Friday.
>  
> Now, can you i.d. the above quote??????????????????
> 
> Charles Harpole k4vud at hotmail.com 
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>> Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:33:20 -0400
>> From: sub1 at rogerhalstead.com
>> To: amps at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [Amps] Not free QWERTY
>>
>>
>>
>> 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 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.
>>>
>> 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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