They also don't seem to have anumber of other punctuation devices could any one shed any light on this for me please. Even the oldest ones pose this problem.
2007-10-19 03:06:57 · 3 answers · asked by deep 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Special Education
back then the capital letter i was used for the number one. most other punctuation wasn't used back then. Today's keyboards have a ton of extras not needed by most people today...Keyboards on typewriters are the very basic you can get.
2007-10-19 03:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
On a typewriter, you used the lower case L " l " for the numeral one (1).
Other puntuaction and symbols were done with "inserts" on the old IMB Electric... they slipped into a holder, and were struck with any other key (usually the Z)... These were expensive, and used for layout work on publications and technical sheets.
http://www.etypewriters.com/d-exec.jpg
It was just a matter of engineering back then...
2007-10-19 10:29:07 · answer #2 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I thought this was the Special Ed section, not typing?
2007-10-19 19:31:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋