saadhamza Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 http://rcranger.mysite.syr.edu/famhist/blackburn.htmJesus Christ, they didn't even have computers in her youth and she still kicks my ass… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawQuart Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 @Zonova:> Jesus Christ, they didn't even have **computers** in her youth and she still kicks my ass… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToshiroHayate Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Oh boy. Admiral should be here any moment to scream about his glorious keyboard layout being brought up… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 >212 wpmI am okay with this.@Jungle:> -snip-SIR, I believe you mean this: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Comnena Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Seriously Jungle… posting a QWERTY typewriter in a Dvorak thread. That's a paddlin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrNova Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I still like qwerty. I never need to type absurdly fast. I can finger pack fast enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawQuart Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 @Anna:> Seriously Jungle… posting a QWERTY typewriter in a Dvorak thread. That's a paddlin.I wasn't referring to the Dvorak part, but rather his assertion that there weren't keyboards before the invention of the computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToshiroHayate Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 @Anna:> Seriously Jungle… posting a QWERTY typewriter in a Dvorak thread. That's a paddlin.LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadhamza Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 They had typewriters but most people don't type very quickly on those because clicking two keys at the same time jams the keys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Refuge Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 @Zonova:> They had typewriters but most people don't type very quickly on those because clicking two keys at the same time jams the keys.And clicking two keys at the same time on a computer keyboard makes them come out in an unpredictable order.Seriously, I've typed quickly on an old typewriter before, as long as it's well oiled and not rusted out, it only jams if you're banging aimlessly on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 @Zonova:> They had typewriters but most people don't type very quickly on those because clicking two keys at the same time jams the keys.They didn't type very quickly because the keys needed to be pushed back by gravity before another key was ready to be pressed. However, later typewriters became capable of being typed on quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToshiroHayate Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 I wonder how backspace worked on a typewriter… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadhamza Posted April 28, 2012 Author Share Posted April 28, 2012 I think it used an erasing solution to make it go away. Or maybe something like whiteout…. not too sure, to be honest. I would go an look at my old typewriter, but i don't feel like finding it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godlord Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 The original function of the backspace key is that it would move the cursor one position backwards. The reason why is so that you could write, what are nowadays known as composite characters in the Unicode standard. e.g. to write "café", for the last letter you'd have to press the 'e'-key, followed by the backspace key, and then the acute accent key.If you made a mistake with a type-writer, you either had to white it out or you had to take a new sheet of paper.With the advent of digital computers the functionality of the backspace key has shifted to what it does nowadays: move the cursor one position backward, and remove the character at that position. Therefore composition became impossible using the backspace key mechanism that was common with type-writers. The solution to this is to use dead keys (e.g. to write "café" nowadays, for the last letter you'd press the acute accent key, followed by the 'e'-key, when dead keys are enabled; if you just want to write an acute accent, then you'd press the acute accent key, followed by a space key).In order to avoid multiple glyphs being used for popular compositions, the Unicode standard has deployed pre-composed glyphs: LATIN SMALL LETTER E (U+0065), followed by COMBINING ACUTE ACCENT (U+0301) can be written as LATIN SMALL LETTER E WITH ACUTE (U+00E9).Yours faithfully S.J.R. van Schaik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owen F Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 @S.J.R.:> -snip-I do believe my brain just doubled in size.Now that I think about it (this is in reference not to stephan but to other posts in this thread) a type writer doesn't really qualify as a computer does it? I mean, it doesn't really compute anything.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saadhamza Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Well thanks Stephan, that was actually quite interesting. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 @Owen:> I do believe my brain just doubled in size.> Now that I think about it (this is in reference not to stephan but to other posts in this thread) a type writer doesn't really qualify as a computer does it? I mean, it doesn't really compute anything..Of course it's not a computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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