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Of Mice And Men

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How to Use the Key Set

Each finger on the key set is assigned a numerical value. If I want a three, I need to press down my thumb and pointer because they add up to three. With each letter mapped to a number, A being one, you can imagine that it gets harder once you reach the middle letters of the alphabet. Doug Engelbart felt his mouse and key set would allow us to communicate with computers more fluidly and efficiently.

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