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Re:LGP-30 found in basement, the same model of drum computer... by kps on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @01:54PM (#33522753)
In case you're not already aware (and/or for readers who aren't, because I wasn't yesterday), they made substantial modifications to Model 15 Teletypes to get their chosen coding and key layout (numeric-pad-like rather than QWERTY), including modifying and permuting levers, type bars, and keycaps. It could be that KSNJFL was somehow most convenient in that respect, though it's hard to imagine.

https://archive.org/details/modificationofte56mill

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Re:LGP-30 found in basement, the same model of drum computer... by jgrahamc on Tuesday November 08, 2022 @04:09PM (#33524328)
Yeah. It's pretty interesting because they clearly did this super intentionally. As you say they moved everything around. Since they are using the existing keycaps which have Q/1, W/2 etc. they lose QWERTYUIOP but they've still got ASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM from which to get the hex digits.
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