>From what I remember about mechanical typewriters letters together on the same row do not have their hammers together. The letters in the rows were staggered and had linkages. The hammers probably go "q" "a" "z" "w" "s" "x" "e" "d" "c"
Olwen Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Carl Cerecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 11:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New Keyboard (Was: Gimp versus PhotoShop) Not really. It was designed so that common letter pairs were far apart. If you have ever played with an old typewriter, where the mechanical arms hit the paper (well, the ribbon on top of the paper), you would notice that if you hit two keys in quick succession, where those two keys are physically close as well, the first mechanical arm does not have time to get back to it's rest position before the second mechanical arm comes down. As a result, they jam. In any case, e-r are a common pair, so that's not so good. Also, I think the inventor wanted to be able to type "typewriter" quickly, so he put all those letters on the top row. Cheers, Carl. ____________________________________________________________________ CAUTION - This message may contain privileged and confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message is prohibited. If you have received this message in error please notify Safe Air Ltd immediately. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Safe Air. _____________________________________________________________________ For more information on the Safe Air Group, visit us online at http://www.safeair.co.nz/ _____________________________________________________________________
