Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Whew!!!! 175 wpm minute...I wonder what's the record in the Guiness Book....probably with one of those IBM typewriters with those changeable ball fonts. I don't think it would be possible with the old Underwriters. - --- Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net> wrote: > At 08:35 AM 2/24/03 -0800, Henry Ting wrote: > > > >Well they say oldtimer writers write better on > >typewriters. Probably that "clickety, clackety" > sound > >inspires their thoughts. But I for one would be > driven > >crazy by that sound. > > > > Around 1985, IBM came out with an absolutely silent > keyboard, and the > typists HATED it. So, it was taken off the market > and all that we can buy > today are keyboards with a fake clicker built into > them. I LOVED the > silent board and would love to find such today -- it > is great when you get > an annoying telephone call to be able to go on > typing. > > I learned to type on a manual Smith-Corona and later > graduated to the older > IBM electrics, then to the Selectrics, and, finally, > to Wheelwriters. I > can do around 90 wpm on an electric (I did work for > a year as a secretary, > after all!) but I can beat that dead with a computer > -- the last test I > took on a computer was around 175 wpm and I wasn't > pushing it, just typing. > > Marc > > msmall@infi.net FAX: +276/343-7315 > Cha robh bೠfir gun ghrೠfir! > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/ - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html