[GreenKeys] Typing Instruction

[John, W9DDD]

I had the option of taking the beginning typing course in high school.  
My parents had purchased a Smith Corona portable electric typewriter.  I 
signed up. I can't recall if the criteria for passing was 30 or 35 wpm.  
I may have been the only male in the class, but the school advisor at 
the time recommended it for anyone going on to college.  So there may 
have been males in other classes?  I don't really recall any discussions 
one way or the other as to whether it was appropriate.  I have no idea 
what the more advanced class required.  30 or so was impressive to any 
non-typist at the time.  Certainly good enough for a position where you 
were reception, typing, filing etc. in small office.

I doubt I could do 30 on any mechanical keyboard anymore since N-key 
rollover on the PC keyboard has ruined my rhythm.

It would be interesting to see if there are any videos showing someone 
typing rapidly on a teleprinter. Nick in particular I wana see the guy 
typing line speed on a 28KSR.

I once had the experience of talking to a high speed CW operator typing 
the incoming message on a mill and carrying on a conversation at the 
same time.  I suspect there was some part of it was formalized message 
formats which would allow the op to just get the changeable part of the 
message in their heads and the canned parts would be almost finger 
memory.  In any event still impressive. The op was W5FZC (fast zipper 
closer) In that era (1960), the various state police departments 
operated HF radio networks.

I didn't think of this at that time, but I've noticed that certain 
repeated character strings jump on the screen too easily. E. G. "ing"  I 
cannot type Austin Texas without it coming out Austing. Or for years I 
was doing paper work for an organization called "TAPR".  To type the 
word "tape", I always have to backspace and type e in place of already 
typed r.

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You said "tomorrow" yesterday.

The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
John, W9DDD

On 11/29/2022 3:17 PM, 1oldlens1 wrote:
> I may have been misleading about minimum speed.  I meant the minimum 
> that someone would have aimed at in a high-school or secretarial 
> course to become employable in business, not specifically at Teletype 
> Corp. In my day boys were not trained to touch type, considered girls 
> work.  Ugh.
> I taught myself to touch type because I realized it's power for 
> someone who likes to write.  I practice every day (except on this one 
> finger thing).  Mostly on a mechanical machine to keep my hands 
> strong.  Not many realized when I was in high school just how 
> important basic computer skills would become.
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