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QWERTY isn't the official worldwide standard. These machines are also used in France, where AZERTY is the (imho terrible) norm.
by sofixa 5y ago
QWERTY isn't the official worldwide standard. These machines are also used in France, where AZERTY is the (imho terrible) norm.
- Nextgrid 5y agoHowever the 3-row layout is mostly the same everywhere so it would just be a matter of swapping plastic overlays & keymaps in software.
- frereubu 5y agoThis machine is in the UK.
- dazc 5y agoObviously, where else would you find such pettiness? Relying upon a machine that is so complex and frustrating to use far outweighs the tiny loss of revenue for when people pass on unused parking time to someone else.
- bin_bash 5y agook but no layout puts the "0" as the first digit
- bmacho 5y agoTIL that no layouts put 0 as first digit. Not US, UK, FR, German or so. Somehow I thought the opposite, I was sure that my layout (Hungarian[1]) is about the same as every other, most probably a direct copy of the German, but nah. [1]: https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hungarian+keyboard+layout&iar=images https://duckduckgo.com/?q=hungarian+keyboard+layout&iar=imag...
- layer8 5y agoEarlier typewriters didn’t have 0 and 1 keys [1] and instead the O and l keys did double duty. When 0 and 1 keys were finally added on typewriters, there probably wasn’t enough space to add them both on the left side. The fact that the previously used O key is to the right may also have been a factor. [1] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Olivetti_Lettera_22_by_LjL.jpeg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/Olivetti...
- xmodem 5y agois it not possible to re-configure the machine to match the market it's going to?