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Subject: Re: Clicking keyboards and tired fingers
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Date: Fri, 24-Jun-83 10:54:42 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 24 10:54:42 1983
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I find key-click annoying.  I have a VW Rabbit GTI which has an idiot
lamp to tell you when to shift into a higher gear.  Had it not been
disabled when I bought the car, I would have disconnected it myself.  I
guess the shift-up lamp is VW's answer to key-click.

Actually, I've heard that the lamp was a major coup by VW which enabled
them to milk a higher MPG rating out of the EPA.  VW told them that the
lamp would condition people to shift "properly" and get more efficiency
out of the cars.  If the EPA bought it, then more power to VW.  Could
it be that the key-click manufacturers claim higher WPM?

	Andy Tannenbaum   Bell Labs  Whippany, NJ   (201) 386-6491