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00000000: 20 20 20 D1 57 45 52 54 59 2D 2D 49 4E 20 43 41 | .WERTY--IN CA| 00000010: 53 45 20 59 4F 55 27 56 45 20 42 45 45 4E 20 55 |SE YOU'VE BEEN U| 00000020: 53 49 4E 47 0D 49 54 20 46 4F 52 20 53 4F 20 4C |SING.IT FOR SO L| 00000030: 4F 4E 47 20 54 48 41 54 20 59 4F 55 27 56 45 20 |ONG THAT YOU'VE | 00000040: 46 4F 52 47 4F 54 54 45 4E 0D 57 48 41 54 20 49 |FORGOTTEN.WHAT I| 00000050: 54 20 49 53 2D 2D 49 53 20 54 48 45 20 4E 41 4D |T IS--IS THE NAM| 00000060: 45 20 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 0D 53 54 41 4E 44 |E FOR THE .STAND| 00000070: 41 52 44 20 54 59 50 45 57 52 49 54 45 52 20 4B |ARD TYPEWRITER K| 00000080: 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 2E 20 20 0D D1 2C 20 57 2C |EYBOARD. .., W,| 00000090: 20 45 2C 20 52 2C 20 54 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 59 20 | E, R, T, AND Y | 000000A0: 41 52 45 20 54 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 0D 4B |ARE THE FIRST .K| 000000B0: 45 59 53 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 55 50 50 45 52 |EYS IN THE UPPER| 000000C0: 20 52 4F 57 20 4F 46 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 53 2E | ROW OF LETTERS.| 000000D0: 0D D4 4F 47 45 54 48 45 52 20 54 48 45 59 20 4D |..OGETHER THEY M| 000000E0: 41 4B 45 20 55 50 20 54 48 45 20 54 52 41 44 49 |AKE UP THE TRADI| 000000F0: 54 49 4F 4E 41 4C 0D 4E 41 4D 45 20 46 4F 52 20 |TIONAL.NAME FOR | 00000100: 54 48 45 20 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 2E 20 20 20 |THE KEYBOARD. | 00000110: 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0D 20 20 | . | 00000120: 20 D4 48 45 20 46 49 52 53 54 20 43 4F 4D 4D 45 | .HE FIRST COMME| 00000130: 52 43 49 41 4C 4C 59 20 50 52 41 43 54 49 43 41 |RCIALLY PRACTICA| 00000140: 4C 0D 54 59 50 45 57 52 49 54 45 52 20 57 41 53 |L.TYPEWRITER WAS| 00000150: 20 50 55 54 20 54 4F 47 45 54 48 45 52 20 49 4E | PUT TOGETHER IN| 00000160: 0D CD 49 4C 57 41 55 4B 45 45 2C 20 D7 49 53 43 |..ILWAUKEE, .ISC| 00000170: 4F 4E 53 49 4E 2E 20 20 C9 4E 20 54 48 45 49 52 |ONSIN. .N THEIR| 00000180: 20 20 20 20 20 20 0D 49 4E 4E 4F 43 45 4E 43 45 | .INNOCENCE| 00000190: 20 54 48 45 20 49 4E 56 45 4E 54 4F 52 53 20 46 | THE INVENTORS F| 000001A0: 49 52 53 54 20 0D 41 52 52 41 4E 47 45 44 20 54 |IRST .ARRANGED T| 000001B0: 48 45 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 53 20 4F 46 20 54 48 |HE LETTERS OF TH| 000001C0: 45 20 54 59 50 45 2D 0D 57 52 49 54 45 52 27 53 |E TYPE-.WRITER'S| 000001D0: 20 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 20 49 4E 20 41 4C 50 | KEYBOARD IN ALP| 000001E0: 48 41 42 45 54 49 43 41 4C 0D 4F 52 44 45 52 2C |HABETICAL.ORDER,| 000001F0: 20 42 55 54 20 54 48 45 20 55 53 45 4C 45 53 53 | BUT THE USELESS| 00000200: 4E 45 53 53 20 4F 46 20 54 48 49 53 20 0D 53 59 |NESS OF THIS .SY| 00000210: 53 54 45 4D 20 53 4F 4F 4E 20 42 45 43 41 4D 45 |STEM SOON BECAME| 00000220: 20 41 50 50 41 52 45 4E 54 2E 20 20 C6 4F 52 0D | APPARENT. .OR.| 00000230: 42 45 43 41 55 53 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 4D |BECAUSE OF THE M| 00000240: 45 43 48 41 4E 49 43 41 4C 20 4C 49 4D 49 54 41 |ECHANICAL LIMITA| 00000250: 54 49 4F 4E 53 0D 54 48 45 20 4D 41 43 48 49 4E |TIONS.THE MACHIN| 00000260: 45 20 57 4F 55 4C 44 20 4A 41 4D 20 42 45 46 4F |E WOULD JAM BEFO| 00000270: 52 45 20 41 20 50 52 41 43 2D 0D 54 49 43 41 4C |RE A PRAC-.TICAL| 00000280: 20 53 50 45 45 44 20 43 4F 55 4C 44 20 42 45 20 | SPEED COULD BE | 00000290: 52 45 41 43 48 45 44 2E 0D 20 20 20 D4 4F 20 45 |REACHED.. .O E| 000002A0: 4E 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 50 52 4F 42 4C 45 4D 20 |ND THAT PROBLEM | 000002B0: 54 57 4F 20 4D 45 4E 20 44 45 54 45 52 2D 0D 4D |TWO MEN DETER-.M| 000002C0: 49 4E 45 44 20 57 48 49 43 48 20 4C 45 54 54 45 |INED WHICH LETTE| 000002D0: 52 53 20 41 4E 44 20 43 4F 4D 42 49 4E 41 54 49 |RS AND COMBINATI| 000002E0: 4F 4E 53 0D 4F 46 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 53 20 41 |ONS.OF LETTERS A| 000002F0: 50 50 45 41 52 45 44 20 4D 4F 53 54 20 4F 46 54 |PPEARED MOST OFT| 00000300: 45 4E 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 0D C5 4E 47 4C 49 53 |EN IN THE..NGLIS| 00000310: 48 20 4C 41 4E 47 55 41 47 45 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 |H LANGUAGE. .HE| 00000320: 59 20 50 4C 41 43 45 44 20 54 48 45 4D 0D 41 53 |Y PLACED THEM.AS| 00000330: 20 46 41 52 20 41 50 41 52 54 20 41 53 20 50 4F | FAR APART AS PO| 00000340: 53 53 49 42 4C 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 54 59 |SSIBLE IN THE TY| 00000350: 50 45 2D 0D 42 41 53 4B 45 54 20 41 4E 44 20 45 |PE-.BASKET AND E| 00000360: 4E 44 45 44 20 55 50 20 57 49 54 48 20 54 48 45 |NDED UP WITH THE| 00000370: 20 D1 57 45 52 54 59 0D 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 | .WERTY.KEYBOARD| 00000380: 2E 0D 20 20 20 D3 49 4E 43 45 20 54 48 41 54 20 |.. .INCE THAT | 00000390: 54 49 4D 45 20 54 59 50 45 57 52 49 54 45 52 53 |TIME TYPEWRITERS| 000003A0: 20 48 41 56 45 0D 42 45 43 4F 4D 45 20 53 4F 20 | HAVE.BECOME SO | 000003B0: 52 45 46 49 4E 45 44 20 4D 45 43 48 41 4E 49 43 |REFINED MECHANIC| 000003C0: 41 4C 4C 59 20 54 48 41 54 0D 54 48 45 59 20 41 |ALLY THAT.THEY A| 000003D0: 4C 4D 4F 53 54 20 4F 50 45 52 41 54 45 20 54 48 |LMOST OPERATE TH| 000003E0: 45 4D 53 45 4C 56 45 53 2C 20 42 55 54 0D 54 48 |EMSELVES, BUT.TH| 000003F0: 45 20 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 20 44 45 53 49 47 |E KEYBOARD DESIG| 00000400: 4E 45 44 20 49 4E 20 31 38 37 32 2C 20 52 45 4D |NED IN 1872, REM| 00000410: 41 49 4E 53 0D 42 41 53 49 43 41 4C 4C 59 20 54 |AINS.BASICALLY T| 00000420: 48 45 20 53 41 4D 45 2E 20 20 D4 48 45 20 42 49 |HE SAME. .HE BI| 00000430: 47 47 45 53 54 20 0D 50 52 4F 42 4C 45 4D 20 57 |GGEST .PROBLEM W| 00000440: 49 54 48 20 D1 57 45 52 54 59 20 49 53 20 49 54 |ITH .WERTY IS IT| 00000450: 27 53 20 49 4E 45 46 46 49 2D 0D 43 49 45 4E 43 |'S INEFFI-.CIENC| 00000460: 59 2E 20 20 C1 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 45 46 46 49 43 |Y. . MORE EFFIC| 00000470: 49 45 4E 54 20 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 0D 43 4F |IENT KEYBOARD.CO| 00000480: 55 4C 44 20 42 45 20 50 52 4F 44 55 43 45 44 20 |ULD BE PRODUCED | 00000490: 53 49 4D 50 4C 59 20 42 59 20 41 52 52 41 4E 47 |SIMPLY BY ARRANG| 000004A0: 49 4E 47 0D 54 48 45 20 4C 45 54 54 45 52 53 20 |ING.THE LETTERS | 000004B0: 41 54 20 52 41 4E 44 4F 4D 21 20 20 D7 48 59 20 |AT RANDOM! .HY | 000004C0: 54 48 45 4E 20 0D 48 41 53 4E 27 54 20 53 4F 4D |THEN .HASN'T SOM| 000004D0: 45 4F 4E 45 20 44 45 56 49 53 45 44 20 41 20 4D |EONE DEVISED A M| 000004E0: 4F 52 45 20 45 46 46 49 2D 0D 43 49 45 4E 54 20 |ORE EFFI-.CIENT | 000004F0: 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 3F 20 20 D4 48 45 20 41 |KEYBOARD? .HE A| 00000500: 4E 53 57 45 52 20 49 53 2D 2D 53 4F 4D 45 2D 0D |NSWER IS--SOME-.| 00000510: 4F 4E 45 20 48 41 53 2E 20 20 C1 4E 44 20 48 45 |ONE HAS. .ND HE| 00000520: 20 44 49 44 20 49 54 20 57 41 59 20 42 41 43 4B | DID IT WAY BACK| 00000530: 20 49 4E 0D 31 39 33 32 2E 0D 20 20 20 C1 46 54 | IN.1932.. .FT| 00000540: 45 52 20 54 57 45 4E 54 59 20 59 45 41 52 53 20 |ER TWENTY YEARS | 00000550: 4F 46 20 53 54 55 44 59 20 0D 46 49 4E 41 4E 43 |OF STUDY .FINANC| 00000560: 45 44 20 42 59 20 54 57 4F 20 47 52 41 4E 54 53 |ED BY TWO GRANTS| 00000570: 20 46 52 4F 4D 20 54 48 45 0D C3 41 52 4E 45 47 | FROM THE..ARNEG| 00000580: 49 45 20 C3 4F 52 50 4F 52 41 54 49 4F 4E 2C 20 |IE .ORPORATION, | 00000590: C1 55 47 55 53 54 20 C4 56 4F 52 41 4B 0D 50 52 |.UGUST .VORAK.PR| 000005A0: 45 53 45 4E 54 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 41 4C 54 45 |ESENTED THE ALTE| 000005B0: 52 4E 41 54 49 56 45 20 54 4F 20 D1 57 45 52 54 |RNATIVE TO .WERT| 000005C0: 59 2E 20 0D C9 54 20 57 41 53 20 41 20 44 52 45 |Y. ..T WAS A DRE| 000005D0: 41 4D 2E 0D 20 20 20 CF 4E 20 C4 56 4F 52 41 4B |AM.. .N .VORAK| 000005E0: 27 53 20 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 20 59 4F 55 20 |'S KEYBOARD YOU | 000005F0: 43 4F 55 4C 44 0D 54 59 50 45 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 |COULD.TYPE MORE | 00000600: 54 48 41 4E 20 33 2C 30 30 30 20 57 4F 52 44 53 |THAN 3,000 WORDS| 00000610: 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 0D 48 4F 4D 45 20 52 4F 57 | ON THE.HOME ROW| 00000620: 20 43 4F 4D 50 41 52 45 44 20 54 4F 20 41 50 50 | COMPARED TO APP| 00000630: 52 4F 58 49 4D 41 54 45 4C 59 0D 4F 4E 4C 59 20 |ROXIMATELY.ONLY | 00000640: 35 30 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 D1 57 45 52 54 59 |50 ON THE .WERTY| 00000650: 20 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 2E 20 20 C8 45 0D 41 | KEYBOARD. .E.A| 00000660: 52 52 41 4E 47 45 44 20 54 48 45 20 4B 45 59 42 |RRANGED THE KEYB| 00000670: 4F 41 52 44 20 53 4F 20 54 48 41 54 20 37 30 20 |OARD SO THAT 70 | 00000680: 50 45 52 2D 0D 43 45 4E 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 |PER-.CENT OF THE| 00000690: 20 57 4F 52 4B 20 43 4F 55 4C 44 20 42 45 20 44 | WORK COULD BE D| 000006A0: 4F 4E 45 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 0D 48 4F 4D 45 20 |ONE IN THE.HOME | 000006B0: 52 4F 57 2C 20 32 32 20 50 45 52 43 45 4E 54 20 |ROW, 22 PERCENT | 000006C0: 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 54 4F 50 20 52 4F 57 20 0D |IN THE TOP ROW .| 000006D0: 41 4E 44 20 38 20 50 45 52 43 45 4E 54 20 49 4E |AND 8 PERCENT IN| 000006E0: 20 54 48 45 20 42 4F 54 54 4F 4D 20 52 4F 57 2E | THE BOTTOM ROW.| 000006F0: 20 20 0D C3 4F 4D 50 41 52 41 54 49 56 45 4C 59 | ..OMPARATIVELY| 00000700: 20 D1 57 45 52 54 59 20 50 4C 41 43 45 53 20 4F | .WERTY PLACES O| 00000710: 4E 4C 59 20 33 32 0D 50 45 52 43 45 4E 54 20 4F |NLY 32.PERCENT O| 00000720: 46 20 54 48 45 20 57 4F 52 4B 20 49 4E 20 54 48 |F THE WORK IN TH| 00000730: 45 20 48 4F 4D 45 20 52 4F 57 2C 0D 35 32 20 50 |E HOME ROW,.52 P| 00000740: 45 52 43 45 4E 54 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 54 4F |ERCENT IN THE TO| 00000750: 50 20 52 4F 57 20 41 4E 44 20 31 36 20 50 45 52 |P ROW AND 16 PER| 00000760: 2D 0D 43 45 4E 54 20 49 4E 20 54 48 45 20 42 4F |-.CENT IN THE BO| 00000770: 54 54 4F 4D 2E 0D 20 20 20 C4 56 4F 52 41 4B 20 |TTOM.. .VORAK | 00000780: 41 4C 53 4F 20 4D 41 44 45 20 54 48 45 20 52 49 |ALSO MADE THE RI| 00000790: 47 48 54 20 48 41 4E 44 20 0D 57 4F 52 4B 20 48 |GHT HAND .WORK H| 000007A0: 41 52 44 45 52 2C 20 47 49 56 49 4E 47 20 49 54 |ARDER, GIVING IT| 000007B0: 20 35 36 20 50 45 52 43 45 4E 54 20 4F 46 0D 54 | 56 PERCENT OF.T| 000007C0: 48 45 20 4C 4F 41 44 2C 20 41 4E 44 20 54 48 45 |HE LOAD, AND THE| 000007D0: 20 4C 45 46 54 20 48 41 4E 44 20 34 34 20 50 45 | LEFT HAND 44 PE| 000007E0: 52 2D 0D 43 45 4E 54 2E 20 20 CF 4E 20 D1 57 45 |R-.CENT. .N .WE| 000007F0: 52 54 59 2C 20 54 48 45 20 4C 45 46 54 20 48 41 |RTY, THE LEFT HA| 00000800: 4E 44 20 48 41 44 0D 35 37 20 50 45 52 43 45 4E |ND HAD.57 PERCEN| 00000810: 54 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 20 57 4F 52 4B 2C 20 41 |T OF THE WORK, A| 00000820: 4E 44 20 54 48 45 20 52 49 47 48 54 0D 48 41 4E |ND THE RIGHT.HAN| 00000830: 44 20 48 41 44 20 34 33 20 50 45 52 43 45 4E 54 |D HAD 43 PERCENT| 00000840: 2E 0D 20 20 D5 53 49 4E 47 20 54 48 45 20 C4 56 |.. .SING THE .V| 00000850: 4F 52 41 4B 20 53 49 4D 50 4C 49 46 49 45 44 20 |ORAK SIMPLIFIED | 00000860: 4B 45 59 2D 0D 42 4F 41 52 44 20 4F 52 20 C4 D3 |KEY-.BOARD OR ..| 00000870: CB 20 41 53 20 49 54 20 48 41 53 20 43 4F 4D 45 |. AS IT HAS COME| 00000880: 20 54 4F 20 42 45 0D 43 41 4C 4C 45 44 2C 20 54 | TO BE.CALLED, T| 00000890: 48 45 20 4E 55 4D 42 45 52 20 4F 46 20 4D 49 4C |HE NUMBER OF MIL| 000008A0: 45 53 20 43 4F 56 45 52 45 44 0D 42 59 20 41 4E |ES COVERED.BY AN| 000008B0: 20 41 56 45 52 41 47 45 20 54 59 50 49 53 54 27 | AVERAGE TYPIST'| 000008C0: 53 20 46 49 4E 47 45 52 54 49 50 53 20 49 53 0D |S FINGERTIPS IS.| 000008D0: 52 45 44 55 43 45 44 20 54 4F 20 41 20 4C 49 54 |REDUCED TO A LIT| 000008E0: 54 4C 45 20 4F 56 45 52 20 41 20 4D 49 4C 45 20 |TLE OVER A MILE | 000008F0: 41 20 44 41 59 0D 43 4F 4D 50 41 52 45 44 20 57 |A DAY.COMPARED W| 00000900: 49 54 48 20 54 57 45 4C 56 45 20 54 4F 20 54 57 |ITH TWELVE TO TW| 00000910: 45 4E 54 59 20 4D 49 4C 45 53 0D 41 20 44 41 59 |ENTY MILES.A DAY| 00000920: 20 46 4F 52 20 54 48 45 20 53 54 41 4E 44 41 52 | FOR THE STANDAR| 00000930: 44 20 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 52 44 2E 0D 20 20 20 C4 |D KEYBOARD.. .| 00000940: 55 52 49 4E 47 20 4F 4E 45 20 4F 46 20 54 48 45 |URING ONE OF THE| 00000950: 20 4D 41 4E 59 20 54 45 53 54 53 20 43 4F 4E 2D | MANY TESTS CON-| 00000960: 0D 44 55 43 54 45 44 20 4F 4E 20 54 48 45 20 C4 |.DUCTED ON THE .| 00000970: D3 CB 20 49 54 20 57 41 53 20 46 4F 55 4E 44 20 |.. IT WAS FOUND | 00000980: 54 48 41 54 0D 41 46 54 45 52 20 42 45 49 4E 47 |THAT.AFTER BEING| 00000990: 20 52 45 54 52 41 49 4E 45 44 20 54 4F 20 55 53 | RETRAINED TO US| 000009A0: 45 20 54 48 45 20 C4 D3 CB 0D 4B 45 59 42 4F 41 |E THE ....KEYBOA| 000009B0: 52 44 2C 20 54 48 45 20 56 4F 4C 55 4E 54 45 45 |RD, THE VOLUNTEE| 000009C0: 52 53 20 57 45 52 45 20 41 42 4C 45 20 54 4F 0D |RS WERE ABLE TO.| 000009D0: 54 55 52 4E 20 4F 55 54 20 37 34 20 50 45 52 43 |TURN OUT 74 PERC| 000009E0: 45 4E 54 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 57 4F 52 4B 20 41 4E |ENT MORE WORK AN| 000009F0: 44 20 0D 57 45 52 45 20 36 38 20 50 45 52 43 45 |D .WERE 68 PERCE| 00000A00: 4E 54 20 4D 4F 52 45 20 41 43 43 55 52 41 54 45 |NT MORE ACCURATE| 00000A10: 2E 20 20 C9 4E 20 0D 46 41 43 54 2C 20 41 46 54 |. .N .FACT, AFT| 00000A20: 45 52 20 4F 4E 4C 59 20 54 45 4E 20 44 41 59 53 |ER ONLY TEN DAYS| 00000A30: 20 54 48 45 20 43 4F 53 54 20 4F 46 0D 54 48 45 | THE COST OF.THE| 00000A40: 20 52 45 54 52 41 49 4E 49 4E 47 20 48 41 44 20 | RETRAINING HAD | 00000A50: 50 41 49 44 20 46 4F 52 20 49 54 53 45 4C 46 2E |PAID FOR ITSELF.| 00000A60: 0D 20 20 20 CF 54 48 45 52 20 54 45 53 54 53 20 |. .THER TESTS | 00000A70: 50 52 4F 56 45 44 20 54 48 41 54 20 4D 4F 53 54 |PROVED THAT MOST| 00000A80: 20 0D 54 59 50 49 53 54 53 20 44 4F 55 42 4C 45 | .TYPISTS DOUBLE| 00000A90: 44 20 54 48 45 49 52 20 46 4F 52 4D 45 52 20 54 |D THEIR FORMER T| 00000AA0: 59 50 49 4E 47 0D 53 50 45 45 44 20 57 48 45 4E |YPING.SPEED WHEN| 00000AB0: 20 52 45 54 52 41 49 4E 45 44 20 41 4E 44 20 42 | RETRAINED AND B| 00000AC0: 52 4F 4B 45 20 54 48 45 0D 31 30 30 2D 57 4F 52 |ROKE THE.100-WOR| 00000AD0: 44 2D 41 2D 4D 49 4E 55 54 45 20 42 41 52 52 49 |D-A-MINUTE BARRI| 00000AE0: 45 52 2E 0D 20 20 CF 4E 45 20 43 41 4E 20 4F 4E |ER.. .NE CAN ON| 00000AF0: 4C 59 20 57 4F 4E 44 45 52 20 57 48 59 20 53 55 |LY WONDER WHY SU| 00000B00: 43 48 20 41 0D 4D 41 52 56 45 4C 20 41 53 20 54 |CH A.MARVEL AS T| 00000B10: 48 45 20 C4 D3 CB 20 48 41 53 20 4E 4F 54 20 52 |HE ... HAS NOT R| 00000B20: 45 50 4C 41 43 45 44 0D D1 57 45 52 54 59 2C 20 |EPLACED..WERTY, | 00000B30: 45 53 50 45 43 49 41 4C 4C 59 20 57 49 54 48 20 |ESPECIALLY WITH | 00000B40: 54 4F 44 41 59 27 53 20 0D 45 4D 50 48 41 53 49 |TODAY'S .EMPHASI| 00000B50: 53 20 4F 4E 20 45 46 46 49 43 49 45 4E 43 59 2E |S ON EFFICIENCY.| 00000B60: 0D 2B 0D |.+. |
QWERTY--IN CASE YOU'VE BEEN USING.IT
FOR SO LONG THAT YOU'VE FORGOTTEN.WHAT I
T IS--IS THE NAME FOR THE .STANDARD TYPE
WRITER KEYBOARD. .Q, W, E, R, T, AND Y
ARE THE FIRST .KEYS IN THE UPPER ROW OF
LETTERS..TOGETHER THEY MAKE UP THE TRADI
TIONAL.NAME FOR THE KEYBOARD.
. THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY PRACTICA
L.TYPEWRITER WAS PUT TOGETHER IN.MILWAUK
EE, WISCONSIN. IN THEIR .INNOCENCE
THE INVENTORS FIRST .ARRANGED THE LETTE
RS OF THE TYPE-.WRITER'S KEYBOARD IN ALP
HABETICAL.ORDER, BUT THE USELESSNESS OF
THIS .SYSTEM SOON BECAME APPARENT. FOR.
BECAUSE OF THE MECHANICAL LIMITATIONS.TH
E MACHINE WOULD JAM BEFORE A PRAC-.TICAL
SPEED COULD BE REACHED.. TO END THAT
PROBLEM TWO MEN DETER-.MINED WHICH LETTE
RS AND COMBINATIONS.OF LETTERS APPEARED
MOST OFTEN IN THE.ENGLISH LANGUAGE. THE
Y PLACED THEM.AS FAR APART AS POSSIBLE I
N THE TYPE-.BASKET AND ENDED UP WITH THE
QWERTY.KEYBOARD.. SINCE THAT TIME TYP
EWRITERS HAVE.BECOME SO REFINED MECHANIC
ALLY THAT.THEY ALMOST OPERATE THEMSELVES
, BUT.THE KEYBOARD DESIGNED IN 1872, REM
AINS.BASICALLY THE SAME. THE BIGGEST .P
ROBLEM WITH QWERTY IS IT'S INEFFI-.CIENC
Y. A MORE EFFICIENT KEYBOARD.COULD BE P
RODUCED SIMPLY BY ARRANGING.THE LETTERS
AT RANDOM! WHY THEN .HASN'T SOMEONE DEV
ISED A MORE EFFI-.CIENT KEYBOARD? THE A
NSWER IS--SOME-.ONE HAS. AND HE DID IT
WAY BACK IN.1932.. AFTER TWENTY YEARS
OF STUDY .FINANCED BY TWO GRANTS FROM TH
E.CARNEGIE CORPORATION, AUGUST DVORAK.PR
ESENTED THE ALTERNATIVE TO QWERTY. .IT W
AS A DREAM.. ON DVORAK'S KEYBOARD YOU
COULD.TYPE MORE THAN 3,000 WORDS ON THE.
HOME ROW COMPARED TO APPROXIMATELY.ONLY
50 ON THE QWERTY KEYBOARD. HE.ARRANGED
THE KEYBOARD SO THAT 70 PER-.CENT OF THE
WORK COULD BE DONE IN THE.HOME ROW, 22
PERCENT IN THE TOP ROW .AND 8 PERCENT IN
THE BOTTOM ROW. .COMPARATIVELY QWERTY
PLACES ONLY 32.PERCENT OF THE WORK IN TH
E HOME ROW,.52 PERCENT IN THE TOP ROW AN
D 16 PER-.CENT IN THE BOTTOM.. DVORAK
ALSO MADE THE RIGHT HAND .WORK HARDER, G
IVING IT 56 PERCENT OF.THE LOAD, AND THE
LEFT HAND 44 PER-.CENT. ON QWERTY, THE
LEFT HAND HAD.57 PERCENT OF THE WORK, A
ND THE RIGHT.HAND HAD 43 PERCENT.. USIN
G THE DVORAK SIMPLIFIED KEY-.BOARD OR DS
K AS IT HAS COME TO BE.CALLED, THE NUMBE
R OF MILES COVERED.BY AN AVERAGE TYPIST'
S FINGERTIPS IS.REDUCED TO A LITTLE OVER
A MILE A DAY.COMPARED WITH TWELVE TO TW
ENTY MILES.A DAY FOR THE STANDARD KEYBOA
RD.. DURING ONE OF THE MANY TESTS CON-
.DUCTED ON THE DSK IT WAS FOUND THAT.AFT
ER BEING RETRAINED TO USE THE DSK.KEYBOA
RD, THE VOLUNTEERS WERE ABLE TO.TURN OUT
74 PERCENT MORE WORK AND .WERE 68 PERCE
NT MORE ACCURATE. IN .FACT, AFTER ONLY
TEN DAYS THE COST OF.THE RETRAINING HAD
PAID FOR ITSELF.. OTHER TESTS PROVED T
HAT MOST .TYPISTS DOUBLED THEIR FORMER T
YPING.SPEED WHEN RETRAINED AND BROKE THE
.100-WORD-A-MINUTE BARRIER.. ONE CAN ON
LY WONDER WHY SUCH A.MARVEL AS THE DSK H
AS NOT REPLACED.QWERTY, ESPECIALLY WITH
TODAY'S .EMPHASIS ON EFFICIENCY..+.
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