Bell & Howell Micromodule 85 : info wanted

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Sat Aug 14 02:25:06 1999

On Fri, 13 Aug 1999, John Lawson wrote:

> > BTW, it's got the worst keypad I've seen...here's an ASCII picture:
> >
> > 4 5 8 C W R
> > 3 6 9 D P D
> > 2 7 A E L S
> > 1 0 B F X B
> > -------------- ------
> > white keys red keys
> >
> > (may look better with fixed font)
> >
> > Yes, the "1", "2", "3", "4", "5" indeed climbs up and then turns to the
> > right. Extremely weird!
>
> Hmmmm... kinda neat if you're programming in Octal all the time...
> then the layout gets almost, dare I use the word: 'ergonomic'.....?

Aha! That makes perfect sense. Good eye.

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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