On Mon, 19 Jun 2000 08:02:59 -0400, Joseph Rosenblatt
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>>TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on
>>one row of the keyboard.
>
>This is one of the reasons the current keyboard configuration looks like it
>does. The so called QWERTY keyboard was designed so that the typewriter
>salesman could demonstrate the speed and efficiency by typing the word
>*typewriter* quickly. There have been many articles written on the subject
>of keyboard configurations so I won't go into any of the arguments here.
>(Yet.)
>
>Joseph (why are j and k home row keys) Rosenblatt
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I had read that the keyboard configuration was put in the current order,
because the original placement was very efficient and the user could type
much quicker, and the old machines would jamm constantly, so they placed the
keys in an awkward order to slow their typing speed down.

Randy Keefer, Consultant