< [[tch tch >>schkt >>[[tch tch]]>>schkt>> ting! the simple joy of typewriting ^¥^
Actually, I was mis-remembering the "symbols from yesteryear" part, confusing the Olympia keyboard with a keyboard on my phone. <blushes>
But the Olympia *did* have a few keyboard oddities which you can see if you magnify the picture at the link I provided:
- some hard-coded fraction keys (3/4, 1/4, 1/2)
- a '1/' key (perhaps so one could pencil in a denominator?)
- the "cents" symbol (as in "dollars and cents")
- a key for "th", and shifting that key produces a small circle.. for... "degrees" (?)
- a key in the upper right that I think was some alternate way of representing single and double quotes... perhaps "large" versions of them? (can't remember)
You'll also note that some of the punctuation keys aren't where they are on modern QWERTY's.
An example of the typefont (typeset...? I'm suddenly not remembering the word) will have to wait, as it's likely in some memorabilia in some box in the basement, and there's a guest sleeping in a room down there at the moment... and plus I've somewhat of a big day to get ready for... so... <panting>
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~wolfinthewoods wrote (thread):
hmm, yeah the corona has some fraction keys
as far as i can tell it's the same qwerty layout
it is a late 80s model, so same era as the pc ascent
no worries, if you ever do get a chance keep me in mind