14 Mar
2011
14 Mar
'11
12:12 p.m.
On Friday, March 11th, at 13:04, SPC wrote:
I suppose this is well known for all of you, but I
didn't hear about it.
. . . but. . . where is the "Gold" key? ;-)
T
14 Mar
14 Mar
12:20 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:12 PM, <tiggerlasv at aim.com> wrote:
On Friday, March 11th, at 13:04, SPC wrote:
Or the "meta" key? ;-)
-ethan
?I suppose this is well known for all of you, but
I didn't hear about it.
?http://www.usbtypewriter.com/
. . . but. . . ?where is the "Gold" key? ? ;-) 
3:43 p.m.
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 3:12 PM, <tiggerlasv at
aim.com> wrote:
Or more practically, how do you type the number "1"?
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
On Friday, March 11th, at 13:04, SPC wrote:
Or the "meta" key? ;-) ?I suppose this is well known for all of you, but
I didn't hear about it.
?http://www.usbtypewriter.com/
. . . but. . . ?where is the "Gold" key? ? ;-) 
3:53 p.m.
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, David Griffith wrote:
Or more practically, how do you type the number
"1"?
On typewriters of that vintage, numeral '1' v lower case 'L' were
difficult to tell apart. Some also combined numeral '0' and letter 'O'.
There is mention of a "special toggle key", that presumably does a shift
to include square and curly brackets, etc.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com
10:30 p.m.
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011, David Griffith wrote:
Presumably that handles those keys omitted because they look close enough
to something else. '!' I imagine would be hard to figure out on this
thing.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Or more practically, how do you type the number
"1"?
On typewriters of that vintage, numeral '1' v lower case 'L' were
difficult to tell apart. Some also combined numeral '0' and letter 'O'.
There is mention of a "special toggle key", that presumably does a shift
to include square and curly brackets, etc. 
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