MJ Ray wrote:
I'll be there, but with minimal kit. I'll bring the updated chording keyboard....
Chording keyboard? What's that all about?
I won't be able to get to the meeting, but I hope the question's still valid!
Cheers,
Gerald.
Gerald
Chording keyboard? What's that all about?
A one handed keyboard where you have a combination of fingers for each letter/number/symbol etc. - a bit like playing chords on a piano, only less keys.
Like the CYKEY ( http://www.bellaire.demon.co.uk/newcykey.htm ) or the old BAT (http://www.worklink.net/products/bat-onehanded.html). They usually use the old "microwriting" system from the 70s.
I don't have one but they look very cool. And bearing in mind the QWERTY keyboard is 135 years old and was (I think) originally invented to SLOW DOWN typing so typists didn't break their typwriters I think its about time we got an alternative.
I've certainly never seen one run on *nux.
Or perhaps in the not so distant future we'll all by typing on things like this http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,1039241,00.asp
Unfortunately can't go to the meeting :( But I will one day... perhaps in the summer...
Ben Francis
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