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mr. boylan, you are correct. that is what i meant by the result of old
standard... the lack of shift. typing after that period resulted in lower
case typing. no one shifted after the introduction of a lower/upper case
standard because everyone was so used to a never having to do it...shift
key.
j
james linza
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----- Original Message -----
From: Boylan P <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: CAPS or no caps
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, thegentry.com project wrote:
>
> > the lower case typing online is basically related to the traditional
> > computer standard. it is used by those of us who have been around
computers
> > from the get go. the only people hung up on offline ways of typing are
> > librarians and those who gained access to the internet/computers later
in
> > life. it has nothing to do with disabilities.
>
> ===============
>
> James:
>
> Surely you have this the wrong way round? The old computer '60s and
> '70s mainframe computer standard was surely CAPITALS only not all lower
> case? Remember very well the sensation that the arrival of the first
> stand-alone computers running under CP/M or BASIC produced when they
> started to appear in the eatl to mid '70s because there was the typewriter
> shift key at last.
>
> More seriously, anyone who wants to write in one case only should use
> capitals - which are much more readable than all lower case/
>
>
> Patrick Boylan
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