File talk:Mappa Teletype ASR-33.jpg

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Two colons and no semicolon[edit]

This image shows two keys both for the colon (":") letter but this is implausible. The two keys are "*"/":" and "+"/":". No product would waste two similar buttons for the same functionality. Based on the symmetry in the ASCII character set (see `man ascii`) and a search of other images, I think "+"/":" is supposed to be "+"/";". It would be nice if someone could help fix this file as it's an unvectorized jpg. Daniel.z.tg (talk) 17:31, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

the source of the file is this document. I think the image was created from the previous photo. --valepert (talk) 18:17, 25 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The lower colon ("+"/":") should be a semicolon ("+"/";"). You can see a contemporaneous keyboard layout here.

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