Off-topic informational anti-spam anecdotal

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Tue Aug 4 13:07:37 1998

At 12:50 PM 7/23/98 GMT, Philip.Belben_at_powertech.co.uk wrote:
>
>123 789
>456 vs. 456 ?
>789 123
> 0 0
>
>Which came first?

I believe the calculator layout, and I remember hearing an
explanation that Bell chose the *opposite* layout to prevent
people from confusing the two devices, and/or that they
did usability testing to choose the opposite layout.
Makes no sense to me.

- John
Received on Tue Aug 04 1998 - 13:07:37 BST