Maltron J89-PS/2 Reference Manual Download

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THE MALTRON KEYBOARD

‘Designed to fit hands’

J89-PS/2 model

Reference guide

“Helping sufferers to relieve the pain and suffering of Upper

Limb Disorders”.

Keep your fingers bent in the relaxed hand shape and do not rest your wrists on
the keyboard while keying.

This will allow freedom of movement and enable you to attain a higher speed
and greater accuracy.

PCD Maltron Ltd., Castlefields, Stafford, Staffordshire, ST16 1BU,

Tel: 0845 230 3265 Fax: 0845 230 3266

www.maltron.com

Summary of Contents for J89-PS/2

Page 1: ...orders Keep your fingers bent in the relaxed hand shape and do not rest your wrists on the keyboard while keying This will allow freedom of movement and enable you to attain a higher speed and greater...

Page 2: ...to the website www maltron com and we will arrange for the paper based training modules to be sent to you As they say practice makes perfect so persevere with the exercises and don t expect to be as...

Page 3: ...s us to give a choice of layout at the touch of a button QWERTY or MALTRON The improved accuracy obtained by operators using the Maltron keyboard comes from the way in which keys fit the shape of the...

Page 4: ...re efficient letter layout Layouts are instantly changed by pressing the QWERTY MALTRON Key 8 Key tops may be singly or dually designated as preferred 9 The Maltron letter layout reduces finger moveme...

Page 5: ...ERTY skilled operators to adapt to the shape and benefit from its advantage with minimum learning difficulty The QWERTY and MALTRON letter layout diagrams in the back of this handbook may be used to l...

Page 6: ...itch controls the operation of the SHIIFT LOCK key Set off the SHIFT function has a single shot operation i e it is automatically cleared by the next key release This is useful when a SHIFTED function...

Page 7: ...es the key scan Code Hex 51 and the right one Hex 6A These can be used with the Operating system software program to enable a special function The 150 Commonest Words These words make up more than hal...

Page 8: ...closing the fingers now shows that the ends move in arcs of different radius 6 As far as possible the keys have been positioned to fit these so that lowering the hands on to the keys should give comf...

Page 9: ...ttons are conveniently located behind the trackball so that the thumb of one hand can position the trackball and a finger of the other hand used to press the appropriate button The group of three butt...

Page 10: ...rson up several 1000 volts If the charged person then touches the keyboard immediately its electronic brain gets the shock To some extent we protect against this shock with good screening of signal li...

Page 11: ...face to make it lightly wet and then use the brush to spread the fluid down among the keys and all over the surface Allow the spray to dry off completely before using the keyboard 10 minutes or so Kee...

Page 12: ...t deployment and installation This minor update to MSKLC fixes several customer reported bugs in diverse areas such as support for the Tibetan Tsek character on the spacebar and support for ligatures...

Page 13: ...n this program from its current location o To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time click Save or Save this program to disk o Related Resources 1 Global Development Web S...

Page 14: ...o guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does not cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the...