atttl@hou2h.UUCP (R.ARDIS) (02/10/84)
ANSI X4.22-1983, American National Standard for Office Machines and Supplies -- Alphanumeric Machines -- Alternate Kayboard Arrangement was approved 11/19/82 by ANSI. The tilde and curly braces are included in the standard with a limited number of keys where they may be located. ----Ed Baldwin, AT&T Technologies, Greensboro, N.C.
mark@cbosgd.UUCP (Mark Horton) (02/11/84)
ANSI X4.22-1983, American National Standard for Office Machines and
Supplies -- Alphanumeric Machines -- Alternate Kayboard Arrangement
was approved 11/19/82 by ANSI.
No, I've got it here in front of me. It's X4.23-1982. X4.22 seems to be
concerned with typewriters, but X4.23 is more concerned with electronic
equipment. They use different keyboards - 4.22 has no key between shift and Z.
X4.23 has a standard layout and several alternates. One of the alternates
is for ASCII, and looks like this:
~ ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( ) _ +
` 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 - =
Q W E R T Y I O U P \ [
q w e r t y i o u p | ]
A S D F G H J K L : " {
a s d f g h j k l ; ' }
SH > Z X C V B N M ' . ? SH
FT < z x c v b n m , . / FT
Notice the omission of any nonprinting characters, such as tab, return,
control. Notice what's where escape belongs.