Re: Rare Polytel Kepyport 717 programmable keyboard for Apple II II+ IIe

[Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>]

On Feb 6, 7:46 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> warren wrote:
> > Rare Polytel Keyport 717 for auction on Ebay.
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270338726827&ssPag...
>
> An interesting input device.
>
> Makes one think about the optimum number of keys to use as a human
> interface:
>
> - Too few and lots of keystrokes are required to specify an operation.
> - Too many and too much time is spent looking for the correct key to
>    press.  ;-)
>
> -michael
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That thing doesn't look comfortable to type on, either.