Typists using early PCs
My mother was a shorthand typist. I got a TRS-80 as a Christmas present. We introduced my mother to the machine.
She set it up on a special heavy rubber pad - such things were used to support typewriters and you are about to know why.
She sat in a proper position, hands poised above the keyboard...
Then proceeded to POUND THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS out of it. I saw the case flex under the onslaught.
typists were trained to operate mechanical devices which needed a lot of force...
Also she would use the letter l key for the digit 1 - I think typewriters lacked a digit 1 key as you could work out the sense from context.
Also she was an audio typist who used a foot pedal. Never used the mouse with her foot though - she was a smart lady!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
