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by JNRowe·5y ago·view on hn ↗
What is the keyboard in your photo? The lack of oversized keys has me confused.

Also, love that it is a 3,284,741 byte image of a ZX81. And the ,/< because -- presumably -- a dog ate your 1 ;)

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It is a cast off relay keyboard - easy to wire up to the ZX81. I don't recall where it came from, but I don't think it ever had a 1 key as was common on typewriters back then (you just used l instead).
Oh, I had absolutely no idea about that. I naively assumed the current number row was original. You've sent me down a rabbit hole that so far includes using f and L to produce a £ too, thanks!

For others like me the qwerty page¹ has some info, and some examples of original layouts without a 1 key².

¹ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qwerty

² https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:QWERTY_1878.png