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- From: mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca (Reg Martin)
- Subject: Re: The March Amiga?
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- Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 17:27:15 GMT
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- John Hendrikx (john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : In a message of 15 Jan 96 Reg Martin wrote to All:
- :
- : RM> In general, I agree with you John -- I prefer my 4000 keyboard over
- : RM> *most* PC keyboards, but I gotta say that I *LOVE* the MS natural
- : RM> keyboards. If I use any other keyboard for an extended amount of time,
- : RM> my hands and wrists get seriously cramped. The natural keyboards are a
- :
- :Well, I often use my Amiga for extended periods of time typing lots of stuff
- :and I never have experienced hand or wrist problems. I should mention though
- :that my keyboard is placed at 'elbow' level, on a slightly lower table then the
- :table where the computer and monitor stand on. This supports the wrists quite
- :well (when I type the wrists are 'on' the table).
-
- Obviously not everybody is going to have these problems, but some of us do...
- A friend of mine wrecked his arms for a week or so from using a "normal"
- keyboard. For those of us that do have problems it's nice to have the
- natural keyboard as part of the selection... I personally get really sore
- hands and arms from typing on any keyboard other than a nice ergo after
- about 1/2 an hour... At home I have my 4000 keyboard at a nice height, and
- I have a nice wrist-rest for it, but it's still not nearly as comfortable as the
- MS natural on the PC that sits behind my Amiga (for me at least).
-
- : RM> joy to use IMHO. I would really like to see AT use PC keyboards in the
- : RM> future though, simply because there is such a huge selection of them,
- : RM> and they can be had for next to nothing...
- :
- : Aren't the natural keyboards a big nuisance when typing with one hand, or when
- : having to type Ctrl + C (both located on one side of the keyboard) etcetera...
-
- Naw. After about 20 minutes of using one I can find all the keys as easily
- on a normal keyboard... I like to bash MS as much as the next guy, but the
- natural is a great product. The only problem with them is that it's harder
- to set books on them. :)
-
- Reg Martin
-