I learned to type on an IBM typewriter in school back in the early 80s, I got a D in the class, but a few years later, when I got my first computer, that training would become very useful.
I went from typewriter to keyboard, but I only vaguely remember needing to learn the nuances of a computer keyboard–Ctrl, Alt, Del, Ins, Home, End, etc. It all seems so natural, now, moving between word processing, to graphic design, to games, using the same keyboard for very different tasks.
I sit here, now, typing on my favorite keyboard of the past 15 years, the Logitech K800. I own three of this model, and only two still work. Sadly, the K800 was discontinued, and it’s virtually impossible to find one for sale, they’re highly sought after by those who love them. I was shocked they discontinued it, considering its popularity. Maybe it became too costly to make?
rothaine@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Fun read!
And even today, anyone who has worked on a project where some developers are on Windows and some are not has probably encountered the fun that is configuring autocrlf in Git: Windows uses CRLF (“carriage return, line feed”) as a line ending in text files, while other systems just use LF.
hperrin@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Personally, I think carriage return line feed makes more sense in the context of a printer carriage. But then, how often are people using printers like that?
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 month ago
It was probably designed like that because line printers were the thing in the early days of Windows.