• undefined 12 hours ago
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    • rbanffy a day ago

      This is also why the Teletype layout has parentheses on 8 and 9 unlike modem keyboards that have them on 9 and 0 (a layout popularised by the IBM Selectric). The original Apple IIs had this same layout, with a “bell” on top of the G.

      • Terretta 12 hours ago

        What happened to this block and the keyboard key arrangement?

          ESC  [  {  11011
          FS   \  |  11100
          GS   ]  }  11101
        
        Also curious why the keys open and close braces, but ... the single and double curly quotes don't open and close, but are stacked. Seems nuts every time I type Option-{ and Option-Shift-{ …