On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 5:15 PM Bill Gunshannon via
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cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
And, yes, even as a male I had typing in high school.
I had typing as an elective class in 7th grade in 1984. It gave me the
ability to type in programs faster.
Sellam
C: i took typing as a senior in 1985. The lady was a former military officer, in her 60s
or later. Everyone was scared shirtless of her. 1 puerto rican girl who sat up front could
do 90wpm. Me, I sat in the back. I'm still a very flawed typist. Iow I suck.
I took typing as an elective in summer school before my senior year of high school, in
preparation for typing papers at college. I failed the class because I would backspace and
overtype the wrong character.
In college I used UCSD Pascal on Terak’s. So I could backspace to my hearts content.
Still not a very good typist, and at least now the backspace doesn’t screw up what I send
out.
(I took care to count the number of times I had to backspace while typing this message:
5)
David