Aucb.534
fa.editor-p
utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!C70:editor-people
Thu Feb 25 12:46:52 1982
Re: [GILBERT at MIT-XX (Ed Gilbert): Re:  Moran's Comments]
>From Neumeister.ES@PARC-MAXC Thu Feb 25 12:44:26 1982
I always thought the QWERTY system was pretty much an emotional layout done
by the inventor.  I don't know if this story is true, but a lot of the keys wound
up where they are perhaps because of the following:  The top row of a QWERTY
keyboard includes all the letters of the word "Typewriter".


Paul

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