From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, RCVD_ILLEGAL_IP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 11243 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2022 12:24:52 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Nov 2022 12:24:52 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE89441DBF; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 22:24:39 +1000 (AEST) Received: from sdaoden.eu (sdaoden.eu [217.144.132.164]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C89C140A20 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 22:24:35 +1000 (AEST) Received: from kent.sdaoden.eu (kent.sdaoden.eu [192.0.2.2]) by sdaoden.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E72FE16059; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 13:24:33 +0100 (CET) Received: by kent.sdaoden.eu (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 22C72A76BE; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 13:24:32 +0100 (CET) Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:24:32 +0100 Author: Steffen Nurpmeso From: Steffen Nurpmeso To: steve jenkin Message-ID: <20221102122432.og3EI%steffen@sdaoden.eu> In-Reply-To: <20221102121352.MhcLw%steffen@sdaoden.eu> References: <20221102121352.MhcLw%steffen@sdaoden.eu> Mail-Followup-To: steve jenkin , TUHS User-Agent: s-nail v14.9.24-329-gce485e68d3 OpenPGP: id=EE19E1C1F2F7054F8D3954D8308964B51883A0DD; url=https://ftp.sdaoden.eu/steffen.asc; preference=signencrypt BlahBlahBlah: Any stupid boy can crush a beetle. But all the professors in the world can make no bugs. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID-Hash: 3CJHRULKTOD5GRNHTX3HCCQI745DFY64 X-Message-ID-Hash: 3CJHRULKTOD5GRNHTX3HCCQI745DFY64 X-MailFrom: steffen@sdaoden.eu X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: TUHS X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Early Unix and Keyboard Skills List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Steffen Nurpmeso wrote in <20221102121352.MhcLw%steffen@sdaoden.eu>: |steve jenkin wrote in | : | ... ||I=E2=80=99ve never heard anyone mention keyboard skills with the people = of \ ||the CSRC - doesn=E2=80=99t anyone know? | |What i personally find more fascinating (given that -- in the |right condition -- i type pretty fast even in total darkness but |darkest possible monitor brightness) is the multitaskability some |show, in respect to combination of mouse and keyboard (or even |dual-mouse if i remember a message of Rob Pike right). I once ... I once had a very small infrared / PS/2 keyboard with a track ball at the upper right corner, and the buttons on the upper left) where middle finger and forefinger only had to be moved a bit, but the heel of hand(s) could remain (only twisted a bit). That allowed for pretty good precision and speed. But i think it was still not that of Russ Cox and acme and external mouse/mice. --steffen | |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off |(By Robert Gernhardt)