> The Unix-Haters Handbook has the following theory: > > ,---- > | Those of us who used early 70s I/O devices suspect the degeneracy stems > | from the speed, reliability, and, most importantly, the keyboard of the > | ASR-33 Teletype, the common input/output device in those days. Unlike > | today’s keyboards, where the distance keys travel is based on feedback > | principles, and the only force necessary is that needed to close a > | microswitch, keys on the Teletype (at least in memory) needed to travel > | over half an inch, and take the force necessary to run a small electric gener- > | ator such as those found on bicycles. You could break your knuckles touch > | typing on those beasts. > | > | If Dennis and Ken had a Selectric instead of a Teletype, we’d probably be > | typing “copy” and “remove” instead of “cp” and “rm.” Proof again that > | technology limits our choices as often as it expands them.
Who knows what really caused that "inconvenience", but I think it is not there anymore to stop us bring a solution.
