Consider The QWERTY keyboard. It was primarily invented so flamboyant typewriter sales people can type TYPEWRITER in one motion demonstrations to wow potential customers. Read more here https://qr.ae/TW8Np4 In this lost 1943 film we can see a history of typewriters...pic.twitter.com/xVn4M2UkGq
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I just looked at close-ups of both, and again – E and R are not on the same bar (how would that even work!?), or even on adjacent bars. In the first one, E is next to O and N. In the second one, E is surrounded by X and D.
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I’m sorry, but I’m not interested in a further discussion with someone who treats history so carelessly and cavalierly.
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Marcin, the device on the left is the design that prompted the QWERTY design. E and R are on the same bar. Why would that be if there was a mechanical reason for QWERTY? The device on the left was the final result of the testing in various designs. E and R are on the same bar.
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