Doug Ewell scripsit: > This was the standard typewriter arrangement, which in turn was actually > the reason why that pair (and others) differs by only one bit in ASCII.
Correct. It made the electromechanical design of Teletypes much easier to do. However, it was the standard *manual* typewriter keyboard. When IBM started making Selectrics, they introduced the apostrophe/quote key on the home row and remapped the shifted digits to pretty much the U.S. standard computer keyboard today. -- John Cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.reutershealth.com www.ccil.org/~cowan "You cannot enter here. Go back to the abyss prepared for you! Go back! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your Master. Go!" --Gandalf
