I’m writing a book about (typing) keyboards. What keyboards should I definitely mention? What questions would you like answered?
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Replying to @mwichary
@mkirschenbaum When did we adopt the North American keyboard layout (nearest I can tell, it's w/ the IBM Selectric) and why the change?1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @mattlaschneider @mkirschenbaum
That’s an interesting question. Would you mind clarifying the “we” and what did it change from?
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Replying to @mwichary @mkirschenbaum
The layout of the NA keyboard (e.g. @ on 2 key instead of " on 2 key as in Europe), in my research, seems to have started with the Selectric
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Replying to @mattlaschneider @mkirschenbaum
Aaah, yes. I understand now – thanks for the clarification!
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I think it technically predates Selectric with IBM Electric/Electromatic, but Selectric – and then IBM PC – made it mainstream.
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Replying to @mwichary @mkirschenbaum
I'm so curious about the decision behind the switch and why it seems to have not made its way to other countries, despite IBM's clout
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Use of '@' (and '#') was much more widespread in US than in europe. In turn, we (germany) needed our non-ascii glyphs.
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Yeah, that's a really good point. Before the internet, @ was very American.
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