Lutz's latest ChalkTalk blog post

**LindenCy** · 01-24-2011, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by VeloClone

I have not been able to find anything definitive on this. It sounds more like beyond the alphabet portion of the QWERTY keyboard there was a lot less standardization so manufacturers felt more comfortable removing the 1, 0 and ! from a keyboard since these could be approximated with other keys (lower case L, capital o, and apostrophe followed by a backspace and period. At various times some had some or all of these keys and some of them didn't. I remember learning on an old manual Royal when I was a kid that I know didn't have a 1 or 0. I don't remember if it had an !. I do think it had a cents sign (on the 6 key) which is interesting since that can be created with a c, backspace and slash. Some older machines had a 1/2 key and others didn't.

After that CTTB78 definitely has something legitimate to beef about.

Looked at my old typewriter (I am guessing it is around a 1984 model), and it has no 1 key, but does have a zero. Interesting.

**acgclone** · 01-24-2011, 01:07 PM

I 1ove this guy!!!!

**drednot57** · 01-24-2011, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by jbhtexas

Interesting, because he does use the "1" in a few places ("10 th", "28-1", and "Big 12")...

Maybe he discovered the keypad later on in typing the blog.

**drednot57** · 01-24-2011, 02:13 PM

Originally Posted by LindenCy

Looked at my old typewriter (I am guessing it is around a 1984 model), and it has no 1 key, but does have a zero. Interesting.

I originally learned to type on a Remington console and Smith Corona portable typewriters -- they had no one, or zero keys; had to use lower case 'l' and upper case 'O'. When I was in the Navy, I used IBM Selectrics which have one and zero keys and which the original IBM AT and XT keyboards were based upon. I loved the old Selectrics as they came with a correction ribbon so you could correct your mistakes on the fly instead of using "White Out", or correction tape, then precisely lining up your paper and retyping the correction -- pain in the butt! Then came computer word processors, and correction ribbons, tape and "White Out" became things of the past, thank heaven. Yeah, typing formal papers used to be a real chore back in the day; not so much anymore. Oh, and let's not forget about carbon paper, or maybe we should.

**CycloneErik** · 01-24-2011, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by VeloClone

I guess I haven't seen anyone worrying on here. Making an observation and having a little fun with it maybe; worry, no.

I think a lot of people are on this site to have a little fun...

I hate fun. The Internet is serious business.

**CycloneErik** · 01-24-2011, 02:42 PM

He makes good points, especially about coaches that cheat continuing to have jobs, but the kids are ineligible sometimes for mistakes, i.e. unintentional wrongdoing.

And the Diante thing was nice and direct!

**jbhtexas** · 01-24-2011, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by CTTB78

I am amazed how some have the time to worry about the number 1.

Nobody is worrying about the number 1...but if they were, should we be amazed that you have time to worry about the people worrying about the number 1?

**drednot57** · 01-24-2011, 03:42 PM

Originally Posted by jbhtexas

Nobody is worrying about the number 1...but if they were, should we be amazed that you have time to worry about the people worrying about the number 1?