![]() ![]() ![]() Of all the HS classes I took, math, history, biology, chemistry, English, physics and the dreaded Latin, the most valuable to me throughout my life was a half year of typing.īesides, I was the only boy in the class of lovely teenage girls. Heh, I also learned touch typing on a manual, but that was 56 years ago. It’s easier than re-teaching our fingers, especially at our age! Thus the request for a typewriter-styled keyboard. And this from a woman who at one time could type 120 wpm on a manual typewriter! Only if I consciiously realign my fingers can I type without error. On my personal computer keyboard, I frequently hit the wrong key and have to backspace to make corrections. In our class, the typewriter keys had no letters showing so we had to memorize the keyboard and teach our fingers to hit the proper keys. ![]() 55 years ago, when we learned to type, it was by touch system. What she most likely meant that the keys on the standard computer keyboard are a little to the left of a typewriter keyboard. 1-16 of over 3,000 results for 'typewriter keyboard' Results. I’m replying about the lady who wanted a typewriter-style keyboard for her computer. (Yeah, I like the texture and responsiveness better than the old buckling spring IBM keyboards). My current keyboard at all 3 of my primary locations (apartment, consultation studio, and office) is an original Apple “Saratoga” Extended Keyboard II, even though it requires an iMate USB-to-ADB adapter (and they don’t make those any more either). Then, despite what appeared to be hi-performance braided USB cable, it was very prone to interference or something, as I’d be typing away and it would invent other characters or drop characters that I had typed unless I typed very slowly. I have wanted one of these retro typewriter style computer keyboards ever since I saw a Kickstarter for something like this years ago. I even took typing class in high school (with half the class using manual typewriters). The Pro II was downright buggy: came with TWO usb connectors to plug into the computer, one to power the keyboard and the other to power up what they describe as a built-in USB hub, but which was only a single USB slot on the keyboard, thus making the second cable nothing more than a sort of cable extender. Taiahiro ML-981 typewriter keyboard I am old enough that I have actually used a manual typewriter. The original Pro was unusually noisy and yet the key texture wasn’t as pleasant as I was hoping for. It would be so nice to have a USB-based keyboard that I enjoyed typing on! But I’ve tried two of them (slightly different eras, the Tactile Pro original and more recently the Tactile Pro II) and I’ve found them to be strange devices at best. ![]()
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