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Date: Wed, 29 May 91 21:53:05 GMT
From: Jeremy Grodberg <lia!jgro@fernwood.mpk.ca.us>
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom
Subject: Re: Why Are *Telephone Keypads* Built Upside Down
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The real question is why are *Adding Machine* keypads built upside
down?  Since we read left-to-right and top-to-bottom, and count
low-to-high, the telephone keypad would be the obvious choice for
layout.


Jeremy Grodberg  jgro@lia.com