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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by aap_ on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @03:53AM (#16808938)
On an ASR33 = is the character you have press shift for. : is unshifted.
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Re:Why Does “=” Mean Assignment? by kps on Wednesday April 11, 2018 @10:39AM (#16811493)
Many early video terminals and microcomputers had similar layouts, because they were easy to implement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bit-paired_keyboard
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