PC's and EFI

Clare Snyder snyder at huron.net
Sun Mar 22 02:32:08 GMT 1998


Dave Williams wrote:
> 
> -> Man... I want to see this!  I've always wondered what the "Ideal"
> -> user interface was for extreme hobbyists ;)
> 
>  Charles Moore, astronomer and developer of the Forth programming
> language, used to use a five button 'puck' to chord 5-bit alphanumeric
> input to a portable computer while driving to work.  Of course, he had
> to write his own 5-bit character code, memorize it, and learn to chord
> the characters by pressing the proper buttons, but what else is there to
> do while parked in traffic on the Santa Monica freeway?
> 
>  I don't think that I could drive and program at the same time; I tend
> to get tranced out when programming.  Of course, the average cellphone
> user can't talk and drive at the same time either...
> 

Sounds like the "bat" chord keyboard.
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