S210902.txt 0.0.2 UTF-8 dh:2022-06-16 ----|----1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|--* nfoWare/nfoWorks nfoTools ========================= KEYBOARDS AND KEYBOARDING ------------------------- This folio is about keyboarding as a prerequisite skill for developers as well as knowledge workers, other typists. The connection with muscle memory and and tacit skills matters. The devotion of software developers to keyboards and rapid typing is a particular characteristic fascination over keyboards. There are also historical connections with the development of keyboards and also, when connected to computes, with how keyboard actions are delivered electronically and via computer operating systems. MANIFEST S210902.txt this manifest and job-jar file ADM3A-2021-09-05-0826-From@jschauma.jpg image of an early display terminal keyboard (preserved here) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Copyright 2021-2022 Dennis E. Hamilton Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. ----|----1----|----2----|----3----|----4----|----5----|----6----|----7----|--* ATTRIBUTION Hamilton, Dennis E. Essay: Keyboards and Keyboarding. nfoTools file S210902.txt version 0.0.2 dated 2022-06-16, available on the Internet as a version of TODO * Gather materials on keyboards and their usage, and learning keyboarding. * Create a place-holder page for starters. * Address tacit knowledge and how "muscle memory" applies to becoming adept with a keyboard. * Find a keypunch keyboard. Maybe IBM 026 and also a Remington Rand one. There were also tiny round-holed arrangements for a short time. * Find a teletype or Friden keyboard. We then get from punched cards to paper tape also. * Selectrics and diablo got to a different level, and often had use as terminals as well as dedicated word-processing functions, using floppies or magnetic tape. * Show variations of what are termed "ANSI" keyboards and also how that relates to keyboards with characters and codes for non-English use. * Keyboarding and the variety of keyboarding that goes with computer fluency * Use the ADM-3A image to illustrate keyboard evolution. https://twitter.com/jschauma/status/1434265985138270210/photo/1 Also find a Dvorak keyboard, and some manual, then electric, keyboards. These are all in English. There needs to be more allowance for other variations, "dead" keys, etc. But first, there is keyboarding, then keyboards. A little here, about keyboarding and also tacit knowledge of the essential kind, and a lot about why this doesn't change, how far the "ASCII" keyboard has travelled. * Typing courses and how to do it. Especially hand placement. Assumptions about dexterity and how the hands work. * I need some historical things about keyboard technologies over time. A keypunch photo would be handy. Code differences, holes in cards and paper tape, my oh my. * Figure out a good way to spiral and provide progressive disclosure. Part of it is to allow the minimum understanding and some provisions for learning/practice. The section on learning to type and about expected proficiency. should be near the top, with historical and variational material linked separately. * Remember to acknowledge the pictue of the ADM3A sources. * Figure out when ASCII had lower case. From the beginning? * When we get into codes, the ISO 646-1973 descriptions are informative. * Great tip from Shriram: Using a typing course to test a keyboard - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0.0.2 2022-06-16T22:36Z Manage TODOs 0.0.1 2021-09-27T18:35Z Manage TODOs, smoothing a little 0.0.0 2021-09-05T17:14Z Placeholder for commencement of keyboarding and keyboard skills. ***** end of S210902.txt *****