How many of you blokes type with one finger ? I just started trying to go with two fingers on the same hand, not to bad I might add
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I am President if the Hunt and Peck club. Steady on, don’t abandon us one finger wonders...
As the worlds worst speller... that has been a typing restrictions…
I took touch-typing is high school. Got a mediocre grade but have improved much since then. It's a skill that's served me well when I was doing IT/MIS for a living.
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I touch type.
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With both index fingers. I achieved some speed that way.!!
By the time I registered for classes the typing classes were always full, so I had to develop the superior two finger method I currently employ.
One year of touch typing in high school, 1980. We used the IBM Selectric:
After a semester, the teacher covered up the letters on the keys. I was nowhere near the top of the class, but I'm very happy I took it.
Since then, two things served to increase my typing speed:
(1) Amateur ("Ham") radio and Morse code. I was really into amateur radio for a number of years (still am, but my interests are more in digital now), and I got so I could copy Morse code at close to 30 words per minute in the early to mid 1990s. Trouble is, I couldn't keep pen & paper notes fast enough, so I switched to keyboard copying.
(2) Everquest. In the early days of EQ, not many people were using headsets and mics to communicate during normal play and raids. I got really good at fast keyboard typing.
Even now, I consider myself a "keyboard snob". I love mechanical keyboards, can't stand most laptop keyboards, and consider the IBM Model M the greatest computer keyboard ever.
After a semester, the teacher covered up the letters on the keys. I was nowhere near the top of the class, but I'm very happy I took it.
Since then, two things served to increase my typing speed:
(1) Amateur ("Ham") radio and Morse code. I was really into amateur radio for a number of years (still am, but my interests are more in digital now), and I got so I could copy Morse code at close to 30 words per minute in the early to mid 1990s. Trouble is, I couldn't keep pen & paper notes fast enough, so I switched to keyboard copying.
(2) Everquest. In the early days of EQ, not many people were using headsets and mics to communicate during normal play and raids. I got really good at fast keyboard typing.
Even now, I consider myself a "keyboard snob". I love mechanical keyboards, can't stand most laptop keyboards, and consider the IBM Model M the greatest computer keyboard ever.
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Oh man I used to work with a guy that would only use those keyboards. The are loud!!
Indeed they are. Which is why I no longer use mine, due to objections from my better half. Instead I content myself with the much quieter Matias "Quiet Pro".
I still have my IBM Type M "on reserve"!
I took typing in 1972 when I was a sophomore in high school because thats where the girls were.
The only thing I learned is all because you're in a class full of girls doesn't mean you'll get a date.
The only thing I learned is all because you're in a class full of girls doesn't mean you'll get a date.
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Do new computers still have a compatible keyboard connector? Do you still have a keyboard to usb adapter? I am pretty sure I saw one in a draw the other day
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What? No number pad? I couldn't live without one of those.
I took typing class in 1978 as a junior in high school. It has come in handy.
Agreed. Mine has a num pad. Wasn't even aware Matias made a keyboard without a num pad.
Do new computers still have a compatible keyboard connector? Do you still have a keyboard to usb adapter? I am pretty sure I saw one in a draw the other day
Hmm, I just glanced at the back of mine and it appears to have one of those small PS2 connectors. The Model M used the older, larger connector, and yes, it requires an adapter. Mine's in a box in the basement, in order to keep peace in the household. ;-)