[cctalk] Re: Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man

On Thu, 26 Jan 2023, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: Well. that certainly helps define fastest typewriter. But, is that we would be most interested in? What's the fastest of data input? Many factors come into play. And it doesn't have to be much faster than a Selectric before printer speed ceases to be a limiting factor. When typewriting, I am constantly looking at the keys ("where is that character?"), looking at the paper, etc. All of which should be eliminated for fast typewriting. I was barely even a "touch typist". In college, for a while, I did some temp work keypunching. I was not a fast typist, but I managed to outperform many of the other keypunchers simply becaause the first thing that I did was to look at the card format, and punch a drum card. For some reason many keypunchers think that drum cards are too technical for them to do! -- Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com