> From: "John A. Ardelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Actually, there was reference to this in the early VIC-20 and Commodore > 64 instruction manuals. They cautioned users who were used to manual > typewriters to make sure they use the "1" and "0" keys on the keyboard > instead of the lowercase "l" and uppercase "O" as they were accustomed > to, explaining that using letters where numbers were expected by the > computer would probably cause an error. :)
If you've ever worked your way through the interactive training disks for any of the Apple II computers, they mention this as well. And even give you a little quiz: "Type the number two hundred and one" and then they yell at you if you use an L for a one or an O (Oh) for a zero, IIRC. While we're talking about old computers, I just added a new oldest computer to my collection, it's from 1924 and it has a 72 key keyboard, that has 8 of each number, 1 through 9. Okay so it's an adding machine... it's almost a computer. http://members.cruzio.com/~vagabond/Victor210.jpg Modern day computer keyboards would be much more fun if they had a big crank on the side instead of an enter key. -John -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:imac-list@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:imac-list-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:imac-list-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lemlists.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
