Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!parcplace!khaw From: khaw@parcplace.com (Mike Khaw) Newsgroups: comp.std.misc Subject: Re: chord keyboard faster than traditional keyboard? Message-ID: <610@parcplace.com> Date: 24 Sep 89 04:24:56 GMT References: <2952@ndsuvax.UUCP> Organization: ParcPlace Systems, Mt. View, CA Lines: 16 nukim@ndsuvax.UUCP (kyongsok kim) writes: + A Virinia engineer Larry Langley is developing +a chord keyboard w/ the help of the Navy. The kbd has 8 keys, +4 for each hand, and each key has two positions (front and back). +One plays one key from each hand simultaneously and we have 8 X 8 = 64 +combinations. Karl Kroemer (working on a chording system) said, Just a sec ... 8 keys with 2 positions each should be 2**8 = 256 combinations. (USASCII uses 7 bits => 2**7 = 128). Mike Khaw -- ParcPlace Systems, 1550 Plymouth St., Mountain View, CA 94043 415/691-6749 Domain=khaw@parcplace.com, UUCP={uunet,sun,decwrl}!parcplace!khaw