[1] From: David Hoover <hoover@is.nyu.edu> (32)
Subject: Re: 10.0543 keyboard problem; on-line lit service?
[2] From: "Craig A. Berry" <craig-berry@nwu.edu> (18)
Subject: Re: 10.0543 keyboard problem
[3] From: Dennis Cintra Leite <Dennis@eaesp.fgvsp.br> (50)
Subject: RE: 10.0543 keyboard problem
[4] From: Ed Haupt <haupt@email.njin.net> (6)
Subject: Re: 10.0543 keyboard problem; on-line lit service?
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Date: Sun, 22 Dec 1996 18:43:59 -0500 (EST)
From: David Hoover <hoover@is.nyu.edu>
Subject: Re: 10.0543 keyboard problem; on-line lit service?
On Sat, 21 Dec 1996, WILLARD MCCARTY wrote:
> [1] From: Germaine Warkentin <warkent@chass.utoronto.ca> (19)
> >
> This is a ridiculous problem, but in the genial spirit of the season,
> I submit it to HUMANIST. The letters rub off my keyboard! Since I am
> not a touch typist, this is a big problem. In the past I have tried
> replacing them: by drawing new ones with nailpolish (too thick), and
> by sticking on labels with the letters drawn in felt-pen (they wear off).
> I am deeply attached to my keyboard, which has the function keys on the
> left -- the only mechanical apparatus I have ever encountered which
> was suited to left-handers like me. I am also a rather old-fashioned
> person; "make it do" is my motto, and when I am told "hell, throw it
> out and get another," I resist. Perhaps, out there in the vast world
> of computer supplies there is a solution to this ludicrous dilemma,
> but as I prepare yet another set of labels to paste on over the ones I
> put on in October, I wonder, what solution, and where? Merry Christmas
> to all, and do please advise.
>
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> Germaine Warkentin warkent@chass.utoronto.ca
> English, Victoria College, University of Toronto
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>
As one who agrees that IBM's decision to move the function keys to the top
is one of the most perverse ideas to torment computer users, I, too, love
my left-hand function keys and refuse to buy a keyboard without them.
Gatewqy 2000 still sells, I believe, the "Anykey" keyboard with function
keys on the left and the top.
Try <http://www.gw2k.com/product/product.htm>.
David L. Hoover, Assoc. Prof. of Engl. hoover@is.nyu.edu 212-998-8832
Webmaster, NYU English Dept. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/english/
"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."--Groucho Marx
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 23:53:15 -0600
From: "Craig A. Berry" <craig-berry@nwu.edu>
Subject: Re: 10.0543 keyboard problem
You might be able to order replacement keys, although replacing all of them
might cost more than replacing the keyboard. If you are worried about the
letters rubbing off new keys, try different colors. Although, I don't have
any information handy, I know there are companies who make many colors of
keys for turnkey solutions, e.g. for cases where an operator presses the
bright yellow key to process an order, red to cancel, etc. You might also
try a web search for the company that made the keyboard you have and see if
they still make a lefty version. Good luck.
_____________________________________________________________________
Craig A. Berry Humanities Computing
Academic Technologies
Northwestern University phone: 847/491-4088
Evanston, IL 60208-2850 fax: 847/491-3824
USA email: craig-berry@nwu.edu
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 1996 21:43:09 -0200
From: Dennis Cintra Leite <Dennis@eaesp.fgvsp.br>
Subject: RE: 10.0543 keyboard problem
solution: How about learning touch typing?
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Date: Sat, 21 Dec 96 17:45:50 EST
From: Ed Haupt <haupt@email.njin.net>
Subject: Re: 10.0543 keyboard problem; on-line lit service?
Dear Ms. Warkentin
Somewhere out there, there should be transfer letters. In a stationery
store, perhaps. Whole sheets of letters that will stick to a surface if
you rub the back side of the sheet to which they are attached.
They are a bit old-fashioned in the days of CAD-CAM, but likely they
are still around.
Ed Haupt