I learned how to type on an Underwood when I was a child and my mom and dad had one in the house. My grandmother would also let us play with the IBM selectics in her office. I am still particular to the sound of a selectric because of that. I have had ink on my fingers, unstuck typing jams, and discovered that the "eraser" really isn't. I used wite-out and used the little correction squares when I first started doing secretarial work in the late 1980's. I remember working on an ancient Wang in the bank that I worked in many years ago, and the day that they carted that sucker away to give us the nice desktop windows machines.
I learned QWERTY and despite there being a payoff down the line, I can't afford the efficiency loss that would happen if I decided to switch keyboards. I'm a secretary, and can touch-type in the dark :-)
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I learned QWERTY and despite there being a payoff down the line, I can't afford the efficiency loss that would happen if I decided to switch keyboards. I'm a secretary, and can touch-type in the dark :-)