[GreenKeys] line speed

[Jeffrey D Angus]

On 12/19/2014 1:02 PM, Duncan Brown wrote:
> It was something to the effect that a typist's speed varies, but if typing
> directly to the line, their speed could never be greater than the line
> speed and thus their average speed would be less than the line speed.
> With the perforator and tape loop (buffer) between the typist and the
> tape reader, the tape would always be going out at line speed. (I had
> always wondered about why they typed to tape, and now we know the
> reason!)
Partially, yes.
 From when I had a model 15 and a model 19 set. Although the machines
could print at 60 WPM, typing was limited to 30 WPM by the mechanics.
With the 19, you could mechanically disconnect the keyboard, and at that
point, you could type as fast as you were able, the keyboard feeding the
punch only.

I used to have fun in round table operation on the amateur bands. While
others were typing, at 5-20 WPM, I'd be building the tape buffer (on the
floor) at my end. When it was my turn, I start the tape reader and away
we'd go. Merrily at 60 WPM. I can type comfortably with few errors at
about 45 WPM, so I'd keep an eye on the loop of tape. As I got near the
end, I'd sign it over the the next guy.

I never did tell them how I could sustain 60 WPM for my entire "turn" at
the keyboard. Although it SHOULD have been obvious.



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