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=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED, HTML_FONT_LOW_CONTRAST,HTML_IMAGE_ONLY_20,HTML_MESSAGE, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 19172 invoked from network); 2 Nov 2022 13:30:45 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 2 Nov 2022 13:30:45 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E6C841DDB; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 23:30:11 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-ua1-f49.google.com (mail-ua1-f49.google.com [209.85.222.49]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BED7541DDA for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2022 23:30:05 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-ua1-f49.google.com with SMTP id t26so7558446uaj.9 for ; Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:30:05 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=ccc.com; s=google; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=eMQtxIhwEWoorT57ZNAxl+MYlfo1gWH2Cp8nrknDCJc=; b=Ntxo4l5N/bxOH1glUoZeEChZGmJx327YotmdEgoNPWFsMVOnlv9wFhmeT/MZWsESad c0hOypM7kS3EoxLweZGvy2AWL9CPcVVUzKQ4GifD0Sn50HrMU3pMfgEP4HzpDTnzkRUG 3bAb7J1zBCeRgthyNiOHTIQ+6yQCEqn2AjMoA= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=cc:to:subject:message-id:date:from:in-reply-to:references :mime-version:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=eMQtxIhwEWoorT57ZNAxl+MYlfo1gWH2Cp8nrknDCJc=; b=sLWOS0hbzTKr6clAekdZz0sKQfkiY1SdA2pbGCsl68JOZcCcZK1uEdMSUjDUSd9Nim YiiENkf3X57fVbDpcV4jNZR7EEkZ6r1xE14bEQJVaztbZJaeTF773uOWQD9JXlq5gePJ MsR0bKNQvphQYZ5DazZLJoIoF3EQLNurUYunox9avCqOy1rihmKZYF5QHcQwIzgc7JI0 92gEjE3FcFhscdobh1916iRl9p7Ye7ZeQ9vvleKY8o2r19HFJWbqTUk8G1T0Jk5kfyw+ buAlM2uByHng219sZGCXJ8An5HBKfE0iT/RntEVkZWwKwhi3PxAlBpH/PgYCOB9vJUmb nr7g== X-Gm-Message-State: ACrzQf2ivCQxZBzg1xVUuHJIDVFVMDCPhlG5lPTCQ4xmJq0G8M8q84wJ J9ctiopg+ZjT54INZVNrTuJBepq12f5znwv6jPi24w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AMsMyM4lX9pgcMbTW+Zao1601OdlxWHSQ/UQAsSreQLZwa2CdHybRlcSMyE6HJXSCA+vhZWOUXknWm3YwDRgrxLqpIc= X-Received: by 2002:ab0:39c1:0:b0:3ef:dcae:f17 with SMTP id g1-20020ab039c1000000b003efdcae0f17mr9470823uaw.26.1667395744710; Wed, 02 Nov 2022 06:29:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Clem Cole Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2022 09:28:38 -0400 Message-ID: To: Rob Pike Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000010570305ec7cd3c0" Message-ID-Hash: 4ML4JJ42KRCOVUBAN7ROOIFOO5LBSE5X X-Message-ID-Hash: 4ML4JJ42KRCOVUBAN7ROOIFOO5LBSE5X X-MailFrom: clemc@ccc.com 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: =?UTF-8?Q?Michael_Kj=C3=B6rling?= , tuhs@tuhs.org 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: --00000000000010570305ec7cd3c0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 3:13 AM Rob Pike wrote > bwk was one who could smash out the text faster than many. His having > learned on a teletype, the keyboard would resound with the impact of his > forceful keystrokes. > Funny, I remember the first time I got to use something other than an ASR33 or an ASR28 sometime time in the early 1970s I think. IIRC It was a Tek 4010, but the memory at the time of being amazed that I did not need so much energy to push the keys and how quiet it was. Before then I had equated computing with the feel, sounds, and machine oil smells of Teletype products. That said, when the VT52 came out in the mid-70s the DEC keyboard on it was far from the feel of the IBM Selectric III - which was considered the 'touch typist standard' =E1=90=A7 --00000000000010570305ec7cd3c0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 3:13 = AM Rob Pike <robpike@gmail.com&= gt; wrote
bwk was one who could = smash out the text faster than many. His having learned on a teletype, the = keyboard would resound with the impact of his forceful keystrokes.
Funny, I remember the first time I got to use some= thing other than an ASR33 or an ASR28 sometime time in the early 1970s I th= ink.=C2=A0 =C2=A0 IIRC=C2=A0 It was a Tek 4010, but the memory at the time = of being amazed that I did not need so much energy to push the keys= =C2=A0 and how quiet it was.=C2=A0 Before then I had equated computing = with the feel, sounds, and machine oil smells of Teletype products. That sa= id, when the VT52 came out in the mid-70s the DEC keyboard on it was far fr= om the feel of the IBM Selectric III - which was considered the 'touch = typist=C2=A0standard'
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