[geeks] Swapping Sparc boxes...

[Phil Stracchino]

On Fri, Dec 05, 2003 at 02:15:27PM -0500, Ross Alexander wrote:
> >     Jonathan> l and 1 look silimar in quite a lot of typefaces.
> > 
> > Anyone else remember learning to type on a typewriter that didn't have a
> > "1" (one) key, assuming you would just use the "l" (ell)?
> 
> Raises hand. I do.

Ditto.  I always thought it was a horribly bogus crock.  Sadly, only one
of many legacies of the Underwood mechanical contraption that we're
still dealing with.


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