Maybe… I don't even know what the first laptop-type keyboard was to do it. TRS-80 Model 100 and its siblings?
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Epson HX-20 was a touch earlier? I haven’t really investigated this since it doesn’t seem very important – but maybe I will. Just curious.
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It certainly came earlier. I had forgotten that it had an embedded number pad too
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Here’s a sampling of IBM 327x that’s all over the place. It’s starting to look like a similar battle to Ctrl vs. Caps Lock.pic.twitter.com/vlC1kt6CcX
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Dude! It’s glorious. I actually found live example of two orientations. IBM 3276:pic.twitter.com/U67u2i4301
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OK, you've convinced me about historical continuity. What a terrible layout in every other respect though!
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Replying to @enf
Well. There’s definitely *chronological* continuity and overlap. But I’m not 100% sure if one thing led to the other!
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Yeah, those function keys between alpha and Enter seem literally wedged in.
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TI Silent 700 might have been the first appearance in the ASCII world? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_700#/media/File:Silent-700.jpg …
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Oh, nice. Look at those two luxurious zeroes.
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So, wait. List of major keyboard battles: · one Shift/four rows vs. two Shifts/three rows · Ctrl vs Caps Lock · numeric keypad orientation · QWERTY vs. Dvorak · bit-paired vs. typewriter Did I forget anything?
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• Manual vs electric is not quite the same as bit-paired vs typewriter • [] and {} keys vs [{ and ]} keys? • Sequence for linearized arrow keys? • Where does \ go?
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