[TUHS] Typing tutors

Mary Ann Horton mah at mhorton.net
Wed Feb 10 02:29:46 AEST 2021


On 2/8/21 1:50 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Feb 2021, David Barto wrote:
>
>> The HS replaced the IBM Selectrics with cheap PC clones the next year.
>
> The Selectric was the best typewriter ever; it just felt "natural".
> -- Dave

I totally agree about the Selectric keyboard. As a grad student, I 
looked for keyboards that felt like a Selectric, and considered 
considered it a requirement to have tactile feedback when I hit a key.

Sadly now, "chiclet" keyboards are considered the gold standard, and two 
thumbs on a phone is the new Mavis Beacon.




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