Re: Food Prices

On Mon, 2 Jun 2025 23:24:57 -0400, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 6/2/2025 12:41 PM, Jeff Liebermann wrote:

 
Steve Roberts had the right idea, but was probably too far ahead of
the available technology for the 1980's:
<https://microship.com/bikes/>
<https://nomadicresearchlabs.substack.com/p/the-first-digital-nomad>
<https://www.google.com/search?q=satellite%20roberts%20on%20bicycle&udm=2>

>
I remember reading about him back in the day. Aside from the amazing
level of electronic technology, I was amazed by his typing system. As I
recall, his handlebars had far fewer keys than a standard computer
keyboard. He typed as he rode by hitting multiple keys to represent each
letter he wanted to type.
>
Learning to type on a different type of keyboard, such as European or
Dvorak, is difficult enough.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_keyboard_layout
https://www.farah.cl/Keyboardery/A-Visual-Comparison-of-Different-National-Layouts/#da
>
Learning to type on Roberts' system must have been like learning to play
a musical instrument designed by an outer space alien.

I met Steve Roberts when he gave a talk at a local radio club meeting.
<https://microship.com/immersed-in-santa-cruz/>
I don't recall seeing a keyboard.  The club was more interested in the
radios than the computers.  I suspect he didn't do much typing while
riding.  Distracted riding and all that. 

I looked through the photos but didn't find a keyboard:
<https://microship.com/winnebiko-ii/>

There should be something on keyboards on his site.  Googling:
<https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ahttps%3A%2F%2Fmicroship.com%20keyboard>
Maybe...

Handlebar Keyboard Coding chart:
<https://microship.com/winnebiko-ii-console-operation/>
"Handlebar chord keyboard codes - this is how I typed on the (Radio
Shack) Model 100 while riding, squeezing these binary combinations.
The low five bits were mapped to my strongest fingers (4-2-1 on right
and ZON-SET on left), with the others being SHF-CTR-NUM zone bits for
less-commonly used characters. Alone, they were return, backspace, and
space... and transition from any bits to no bits created a strobe to
accept the OR of all that had been depressed. Easier than it
sounds...."

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