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=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 5766 invoked from network); 9 Feb 2021 16:30:15 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 9 Feb 2021 16:30:15 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 088A49C9A9; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:30:14 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 055BB9BA43; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:29:53 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=mhorton-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@mhorton-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="r0fUqiTf"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 7E2049BA43; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:29:50 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pl1-f174.google.com (mail-pl1-f174.google.com [209.85.214.174]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 259D59BA42 for ; Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:29:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pl1-f174.google.com with SMTP id u15so10052597plf.1 for ; Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:29:49 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=mhorton-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding:content-language; bh=H7GVLu1NGbA9rWxyWtajkAdP31eWeiJcXyxJzMgfANM=; b=r0fUqiTfM1mCFs3IFwkefj7l57OTlNgybgB/rwWgfVl7HcA4NMztS++SMdZxnOdj7D 40iiKb+0f4hLtwiKkiWrx0/Vh3+6+OC8RTcQb23L4R7UhNVG7p/Naw5KD4LEzti5NWQo nRtqNN1O0ZRj2tVvIsJmLvBt8vR92cxkDTjc62xnpJE0i5R+e11UcqxLSC0jwiIe0MSS uo5hVanuxxLv5xCoodf4j7F3J+ghy5GYdfxF3umqM75Jtp20gZcwFRVPmRXJrrePc/eo mKegR3CF8JntjygzkiKNSyKI67wkiP+IpqcFX/S2MkNA//HqkQtbyPlES3Z9M3cFsj8e 7L1A== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-transfer-encoding :content-language; bh=H7GVLu1NGbA9rWxyWtajkAdP31eWeiJcXyxJzMgfANM=; b=LgG4xQBRxdNC2Drm1ONssTqhVt7BUOSUDtbstpVONI8mwFQ8coylYxx0fvrZQHc8xt JGjIXeRHE9e3kvBNw8cgBP4fegx3RKAzB19d9EJUol/9uo1bNx7BiNLSCbfvjfbVvG0J tmuQM/oppsKAFbs0fXkkcivGMijjFycCufrFAuk9Lxt9GPayWOMsXgs+ksGxsmUykTm8 9uXHLIX+90XQs8HylPFJTVHTMkBVvsv8RTkp+LOmxLmPqsm5KkfAmdhd4LM45fGiVFMT Ip6R+cQ+z4fT4xQJ6QyN/KVckIxq9VD2SlFIXr1FLJjBaycqAkWWPxqWr4MhGB5KNc8C JAvg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM532y7VTaj9wDu2zLacg9uayPdiStR2R6OoMD95SPYCaA398HMxrt 23Kdfdxmyx7h1bv2nSQqN0GMKX6C6pXWtugg X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJx6QtNWt7NJ0odlUsixQYVRJ0E9WGjbE/YsnoCW4aVD+8krfIi0GmiwbnsAETNFy6juZG/L9Q== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:5d02:: with SMTP id s2mr4659686pji.149.1612888188048; Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:29:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.12] (ip72-197-247-231.sd.sd.cox.net. [72.197.247.231]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id e185sm23417522pfe.117.2021.02.09.08.29.47 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:29:47 -0800 (PST) To: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org References: <5cb7edc8-7d43-aa3a-334f-18e17aa2fa16@gmail.com> <668A9720-D414-4E90-ACD4-0E0A35D74F08@kdbarto.org> From: Mary Ann Horton Message-ID: Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 08:29:46 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Language: en-US Subject: Re: [TUHS] Typing tutors X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 2/8/21 1:50 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote: > On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, David Barto wrote: > >> The HS replaced the IBM Selectrics with cheap PC clones the next year. > > The Selectric was the best typewriter ever; it just felt "natural". > -- Dave I totally agree about the Selectric keyboard. As a grad student, I looked for keyboards that felt like a Selectric, and considered considered it a requirement to have tactile feedback when I hit a key. Sadly now, "chiclet" keyboards are considered the gold standard, and two thumbs on a phone is the new Mavis Beacon.