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 > -- This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System. If this had been an actual emergency, do you really think we'd stick around to tell you? Maranatha! <>< John McKown
