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Re: I Built a Keyboard

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In article <E6h1w.798572$Fy6.63030@fx25.am4>, BartC <bc@freeuk.com> wrote:
>"Michael Black" <et472@ncf.ca> wrote in message
>news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1410201608520.2911@darkstar.example.org...
>> Of course, the real trick is to take an old typewriter, add microswitches
>> to all the keys, and then you have a real manual typewriter feel to your
>> keyboard.
>
>A  bit limited, as there are too many keys missing to use effectively (such
>as 'one' and 'zero'!).

Some typewriters had those.  Back in the day, I had one of the plastic kid's
typewriters, and it at least had a 1 key.  Then again, it didn't even do
lowercase:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/251682070140

Come to think of it, it only had three rows and you used the shift key for
numbers and symbols...kinda like today's smartphone keyboards.

I'm pretty sure the IBM Selectrics my high-school typing class used had full
keyboards as we know them now, but then they're a long way tech-wise from a
mechanical typewriter. :-) 

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I Built a Keyboard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-19 13:50 +0000
  Re: I Built a Keyboard whiskers@sleepy.cat - 2014-10-19 15:28 +0000
    Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-19 14:38 -0400
  Re: I Built a Keyboard RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-20 18:53 +0000
    Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-20 16:09 -0400
      Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-21 00:42 +0100
        Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-20 22:13 -0400
          Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-21 10:43 +0100
        Re: I Built a Keyboard scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2014-10-21 17:07 +0000
          Re: I Built a Keyboard RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-10-21 17:42 +0000
          Re: I Built a Keyboard Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-10-21 23:20 +0000
        Re: I Built a Keyboard Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2014-10-22 14:23 +0100
          Re: I Built a Keyboard "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2014-10-23 14:22 +0100
            Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-23 14:03 -0400
            Re: I Built a Keyboard Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-10-23 22:03 +0200
              Re: I Built a Keyboard Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-10-24 15:44 -0400

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