@shadychars Any ideas on what this key/glyph was for in the early Sholes Glidden typewriter? cc @enfpic.twitter.com/cfZ6QYHzSR
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@shadychars Any ideas on what this key/glyph was for in the early Sholes Glidden typewriter? cc @enfpic.twitter.com/cfZ6QYHzSR
@shadychars @enf Interestingly, I don’t see it used in any of Sholes’ own typewritten correspondence.
@shadychars @enf One lead via http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/bitstream/2433/139379/1/42_161.pdf …:pic.twitter.com/urdAO6YJBg
@mwichary @shadychars @enf This is basically what I had guessed, but hadn't found it anywhere explicitly.
@mwichary @shadychars @enf Although I did find a similar notation for line feed in the ITA2 standard from 1930s: https://archive.org/stream/Communication-BaudotCode#page/n1/mode/2up …
@WideSpacer @mwichary @shadychars Symbol not actually used in 1930s CCIT standard, though, only descriptive textpic.twitter.com/pwiUKqwR6Z
@WideSpacer @mwichary @shadychars I think earliest ref I have for LF glyph is ASCII table in MIL-STD-188C (1969 rev)pic.twitter.com/uR3PWE0qcl
@enf @shadychars PS a visual in the 1974 Beeching book, but not elaborated upon.pic.twitter.com/skjr5El8Qb
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