> On Nov 30, 2025, at 3:34 PM, peter--- via cctalk <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> The top row of the keyboard from left to right is as follows
>
> TAB
> 0 --- up arrow
> 1 --- [
> 2 --- ]
> 3 --- <
> 4 --- >
> 5 --- =
> 6 --- X
> 7 --- bar with dot above and below (i.e. divide)
> 8 --- (
> 9 --- )
> over line --- under line (maybe, just a bar at the bottom and the top of the
> key)
> £ --- 10 (yes, a 10 key)
> ESCAPE
>
> Other punctuation
> ; --- ; (two semi colons)
> + --- /= (struck through = i.e. not equal)
> - --- *
> CAR RET (carriage return)
> . --- '
> / --- :
> right arrow --- right arrow
>
> So odd that it has a £ that suggests some sort of accounting function whilst
> also having a /= maybe suggesting some sort of logic function
Interesting. That reminds me a lot of the THE ALGOL keyboard, but some details
are different. The THE version doesn't have a divide sign (instead that is
formed by underlining a colon), and not-equal is also an overstrike. The
shift-six is presumably a multiply sign.
paul
