[Info-vax] DIR/DATE_FORMAT=DELTA ?

jbriggs444 jbriggs444 at gmail.com
Thu Jan 12 07:38:08 EST 2012


On Jan 12, 12:25 am, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> On 1/11/2012 8:36 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
>
> > Richard B. Gilbert<rgilber... at comcast.net>  wrote:
>
> > (snip)
>
> >> A lot of Unix features/misfeatures are due, at least in part, to the
> >> fact that the Model 30 TTY was very unfriendly to typists!  Typing on
> >> those suckers was WORK!!!!
>
> > Do you mean the 33?
>
> Yes!  For obvious reasons I wish to forget the Model 33.

ASR33?

I rather liked the feel of that keyboard.  You could rest
the weight of your arms on your fingers, confident that
you would not be inadvertently registering any keypresses
because of the interlock -- only one key could be depressed
at a time.

I learned a very heavy touch on those beasts.



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