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OT: keyboard repair

Aset keyboard
It has been said that the most common letters were taken off the home
row of the first typewriter keyboard to slow down the typist and
prevent jamming.
On a Dvorak keyboard almost sixty percent of average text is typed from
the home keys. Transposing the letters 'etni' with 'dfjk' would put
more than 55% of text on the home keys, up from only 26% on the qwerty
layout. Thats more than twice the text typed without lifting a finger.

The change is quite pleasent and easy to learn. I hope you will pass
this on.

To put e, t, n and i back where they belong, there is a keyboard
remapping program that is free, downloads quickly and is very easy to
use. I am typing this email on a keyboard remapped to the 'etni'
transposition layout. The program is called 'Keytweak 2.11' and can be
googled up by that name. It is available from several sites, including
PC magazine and recommended by several keyboard manufacturers,
including TypeMatrix. The creator of the program is Travis Krumsick.

1) After you have loaded the program click start.
2) Click the "KeyTweak" icon and a graphic of a keyboard will appear.
3) Click the "Full Teach Mode" at the bottom of the screen.
4) A box will appear. Click "Begin Teach Mode".
5) Press the key you want to reassign, then the key you want it
reassigned to, in this case D to E.
6) Click "Remap Key#1 to Key#2"
7) The box will disappear and the scancodes of the keys will appear in
the "Pending Changes" window at the bottom right.
8) Follow the same procedure (from 3) for E to D, and the remaining
six remaps.
9) Click "Apply" and you will be asked if you want to turn off the
computer to apply the changes.
At the top there is also a clickable "Restore Defaults" to give
you back your qwerty layout.
I was able to remap in under three minutes and restore qwerty in
thirty seconds, not including the restart.

You can try out the sample lines of text below to discover that your
fingers already know where etni should go.

nineteen lean little saints settle in a nest
jkjdfddj ldaj lkffld askjfs sdffld kj jdsf

an alien eats an ant antenna in atlanta
aj alkdj dafs aj ajf ajfdjja kj aflajfa

elite sense entails a siesta in a satin seat
dlkfd sdjsd djfakls a skdsfa kj a safkj sdaf

a stain is seen at a linen sale
a sfakj ks sddj af a lkjdj sald

a latent latin talent tast tests in seattle
a lafdjf lafkj faldjf fasf fdsfs kj sdaffld

insane santa sails in sea salt
kjsajd sajfa sakls kj sda salf

Many thanks,
 
Even though taking a keyboard from qwerty to Dvorak is almost a repair,
it's still OT. I was already aware that the qwerty design is intended
to slow the typist down to avoid jamming up the then mechanical
devices.

Some of us are simply not typists, I've been around long enough to know
DOS, I've written webpages and almost whole books and I've corresponded
with people all over the world but I still can't even think about
typing without looking at the keyboard. Thus the remapper will do me no
good.

However I do wonder if a real Dvorak keyboard would work for me. I am
however reluctant to try it and I'll tell you why.

About 20 years ago I shot a pretty good pool game. I shot some stick, I
could nail the 8 on the edge of the pocket and have the cue actually
return partway using about the heaviest reverse English anyone can
apply. I could make almost any shot, my practice consisted of running
racks, and I mean 3 or 4 of them before I missed or scratched, with the
occasional exception when table breaking a new 14 ball rack. Later I
started experimenting with other forms of heavy English and learned a
few trricks.

What happened ? It screwed my game up bigtime, and it's taking me
decades to relearn my old way. My game still is not up to snuff and we
are talking maybe 20 years here. I can make some killer hard shots, but
now I miss way too many easy ones.

For most people a new and improved keyboard is probably of little
value. Only those who churn it out could benefit, writers, technical
writers, engineers who need to explain the operation of their design
and such might do well.

In a nutshell, it took me a couple decades to get used to the QWERTY
and I see no reason to change. It is not that I don't have any time,
it's that the transition would slow me down to the point where it might
take me all night to write what I just wrote.

Even looking at the keyboard you might get kjsajd sajfa sakls kj sda
salf. Of course now that I typed that I see where the better layout is
good, but not for me.

JURB

BTW I got some sda salf, it ran me about $8 a pound. Sajfa would have
to be kjsajd to just sakl in it. You need to grind it and put it in an
airtight container or you have a rock.

Yes, your OT, but I think I just one upped you.

JURB
 
Even though taking a keyboard from qwerty to Dvorak is almost a repair,
it's still OT. I was already aware that the qwerty design is intended
to slow the typist down to avoid jamming up the then mechanical
devices.

Some of us are simply not typists, I've been around long enough to know
DOS, I've written webpages and almost whole books and I've corresponded
with people all over the world but I still can't even think about
typing without looking at the keyboard. Thus the remapper will do me no
good.

However I do wonder if a real Dvorak keyboard would work for me. I am
however reluctant to try it and I'll tell you why.

About 20 years ago I shot a pretty good pool game. I shot some stick, I
could nail the 8 on the edge of the pocket and have the cue actually
return partway using about the heaviest reverse English anyone can
apply. I could make almost any shot, my practice consisted of running
racks, and I mean 3 or 4 of them before I missed or scratched, with the
occasional exception when table breaking a new 14 ball rack. Later I
started experimenting with other forms of heavy English and learned a
few trricks.

What happened ? It screwed my game up bigtime, and it's taking me
decades to relearn my old way. My game still is not up to snuff and we
are talking maybe 20 years here. I can make some killer hard shots, but
now I miss way too many easy ones.

You were a master of cuetip and cloth, the art of shooting through
the ball below the equator, and then you choked. You would still be
able to take me to the cleaners. For someone who's really fast and
accurate on a qwerty, I see your point.
For most people a new and improved keyboard is probably of little
value. Only those who churn it out could benefit, writers, technical
writers, engineers who need to explain the operation of their design
and such might do well.

In a nutshell, it took me a couple decades to get used to the QWERTY
and I see no reason to change. It is not that I don't have any time,
it's that the transition would slow me down to the point where it might
take me all night to write what I just wrote.

Even looking at the keyboard you might get kjsajd sajfa sakls kj sda
salf. Of course now that I typed that I see where the better layout is
good, but not for me.

JURB

BTW I got some sda salf, it ran me about $8 a pound. Sajfa would have
to be kjsajd to just sakl in it. You need to grind it and put it in an
airtight container or you have a rock.

Yes, your OT, but I think I just one upped you.

JURB

Was the sda salf for an aquarium? I had no Idea it was so
expensive, learn something new every day. I know thay add something to
table salt so that 'when it rains it pours'.
Thanks for atleast giving the layout a try. I have been amazed at
the number of Dvorak users who have posted replies, the amount of text
typed from the home keys seems to be what they value most. The number
of replies that refer to Earle Strong's 1953 GSA study has also been
astounding. Only a modern study, if it finds substantial benefit, will
undo the mindset that qwerty is the best bet.
So it's off topic, how else could a thread lead to how to improve
your pool shot, or not lose your art.

BTW, what does JURB stand for?
BFW, whaf eods NURB sfaje tor?

Fhajks tor your post
 
I don't quote except for certain occasions.

Point by point.

Mental calculation of geometry does not require numbers. The need for
calculus was created by the artificial inportance given to numbers in
"our" understanding of mathematics.

In pool, I could shoot directly at the equator and my stroke would
cause enough reverse English to slide all the way across the green.The
cueball was not rolling, and in some cases it was spinning backwards.
My shooting was about five balls in a given 8-ball game. You would have
your chance usually. These new techniques I was trying to learn took me
down to a two ball average.

The sda salf was for me. I no longer use the poisonous table salf. I
use the sda salf exclusiviely. The word salary means salf, man is worth
his salf and all that. People knew in the old days that if they stayed
in the same place too long they would need salf. The reason is that the
minerals get depleted from the land in which they grew their foods.

Incedentally I did not try the layout.

There is one saving grace about the qwerty keyboard, your choice of
words will not be affected due to any ease of typing them. Nothing is
easy.

At a place I worked I had to initial the invoice on the fixed units
(TVs) and JURB is an acronym for my name, to distinguish me from the
other guy. Since then I kinda stuck with it.

Yes all this shit is off topic, but once in a while, what the heck.

JURB
 
I don't quote except for certain occasions.

Point by point.

Mental calculation of geometry does not require numbers. The need for
calculus was created by the artificial inportance given to numbers in
"our" understanding of mathematics.
Issac Newton developed it to understand the game of planetary
billiards.
In pool, I could shoot directly at the equator and my stroke would
cause enough reverse English to slide all the way across the green.The
cueball was not rolling, and in some cases it was spinning backwards.
My shooting was about five balls in a given 8-ball game. You would have
your chance usually. These new techniques I was trying to learn took me
down to a two ball average.

I thought that it required hitting the ball beneath the equator.
I'm no expert so I'll take your word. In any case it is sort of a
'dambuster' effect.
The sda salf was for me. I no longer use the poisonous table salf. I
use the sda salf exclusiviely. The word salary means salf, man is worth
his salf and all that. People knew in the old days that if they stayed
in the same place too long they would need salf. The reason is that the
minerals get depleted from the land in which they grew their foods.

Incedentally I did not try the layout.

And the expression 'the salt of the earth'. Salt was the basis of
the fortune Ferdinand and Isabella, without it Columbus never would
have sailed. What does ordinary salt have that makes it so toxic? I
have read that you can't use it for aquariums.
Well, you did try the layout to the extent of 'sda salf'.
Wdll, you eke fry fhd layouf fo fhd dxfejf ot 'sea salt'.
There is one saving grace about the qwerty keyboard, your choice of
words will not be affected due to any ease of typing them. Nothing is
easy.

But much of good design is to make repair easier. I once repaired
the loop restorer on a Bell ane Howell 16mm projector, everything was
accessable. Nothing is easy, but some things are easier. For me,
having etni on the home keys is easier, but noone else seems to be
buying the argument.
At a place I worked I had to initial the invoice on the fixed units
(TVs) and JURB is an acronym for my name, to distinguish me from the
other guy. Since then I kinda stuck with it.

Yes all this shit is off topic, but once in a while, what the heck.

JURB

In any case, thanks for your post. I have read about keyboards
being compared to power steering and flutes. Now I can mention typing
and the game of pool, and cite a reference.

All the best, JB,
Sfdphdj
 
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