Keyboard actuator - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

10 May 2000

Rumor has it that Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) may have mentioned these words:
...
 On Wed, 10 May 2000, Richard Erlacher wrote:
  I knew someone who had one of these gadgets back
in the '70's.  He wore out
 a selectric in about two weeks. 
I know a HUMAN typist who wore one out in ONE.
(she could AVERAGE 150 words per minute over 8 hour days!  Not the
world's fastest, but close.  At the end of the day, she barely had any
remembrance of what she had typed.)

It is vitally important that you not exceed 14.8 characters per second on
Selectrics.
The cheap home Selectrics are way too flimsy and short-lived for ANYTHING.
Always get the "heavy duty" models. 
To bring this back on track... I could average 100-105 over a 5-6 hour
period back in my heyday, and did if for around a month transcribing a few
books into my Tandy 200... IMHO still the sweetest laptop keyboard ever.

BTW, it must have been "heavy duty" as it's still working just fine. (I
have a pretty light touch for typing...)

See ya,
"Merch"
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Roger "Merch" Merchberger   ---   sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
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