Yes, the 33 was the first ASCII device
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The code was a compromise btwn Teletype, which wanted typewriter organization, and computer interests that wanted logic
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Replying to @enf @arawilson
There could be a really cool article tying this thread with the “computer keyboards come from terminals” (Ctrl on the left) vs. “computer keyboards come from typewriters” (Caps Lock on the left) layout tensions.
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Replying to @mwichary @arawilson
With also a "Computer keyboards don't come from keypunches. Why don't they?" angle
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At least some of the angles: "EBCDIC lost," "Keypunches had already abandoned bit-pairing http://www.righto.com/2017/12/repairing-1960s-era-ibm-keypunch.html …," "Computer industry people didn't anticipate interactive computing"
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Ah, got it. I was thinking on a higher level. (BTW aren’t laptop numeric-keypad-on-alpha section inspired by key punches?) I have that article queued up, but haven’t read it yet!
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I think more likely independent reinvention, if only because the keypunch ones put 123 on the top instead of 789?
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whoa, this made me look up and notice that keypunches use telephone layout instead of cash register layout! wonder why
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Probably originally to follow the physical order of the punches on the card, since there was a direct mechanical linkage on early ones?
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Yep! And they were even staggered *vertically* early on because of that.pic.twitter.com/NrcTJeQjE0
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wild!!
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