From: Stephen Simon SFSA@telecom.co.nz
Subject: [9fans] re: emacs jokes -Reply
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 1997 10:00:33 +1200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19970908220033.-DdF4TlTX-SQQqo5VCNb4K3TT_ohM-XqKgimTIQOfuo@z> (raw)
Hi all,
Don't joke about 5 button mice - I rembember a small box being marketed
in the early 1980s that had 4 or 5 buttons, 16 character LCD display,
an RS232 interface and basic word processing software (?!).
You formed letters using combinations of button presses and could
use it as a keyboard replacement or to pre-enter text before
downloading when you reached the office. The claim was that users
could type *real* fast using this box.
Sadly I never bought or even tried one, however I always thought it was
a great idea, and with a bouse ball on the bottom... more RSI I suspose.
-Steve
next reply other threads:[~1997-09-08 22:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-09-08 22:00 Stephen [this message]
1997-09-09 7:28 Nigel
1997-09-09 7:41 Gary
1997-09-09 8:07 David
1997-09-15 11:22 Boyd
1997-09-15 13:50 ozan
1997-09-15 15:33 Mike
1997-09-15 15:42 Boyd
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