I found a picture of one on the web. The numbers are on the letter keys on
the right hand. 1 over U, 2 over I, 3 over O, 4 over J, 5 over K, 6 over L,
7 over M, 8 over comma, 9 over period, 0 over / (which was centered above
the I & O keys.

On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Capps, Joey <[email protected]> wrote:

> I do it because I think in HEX, not Decimal ...
> Just makes more sense to me when messing with assembler.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Mike Kerford-Byrnes
> Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 1:22 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: YREGS and RA....RF
>
> It may be an urban myth, but I recall it being linked to the fact that the
> 029 punch needed upper case for numerics and it was quicker to touch type
> if all alpha was involved (that is assuming that the programmers had such
> skills in the first place - sadly lacking in yours truly!!  Can anyone else
> confirm (or deny)?
>
>
>
> MKB
>



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