Discussion

ASCII and Unicode quotation marks

xigoi: I was wondering why `this hideous quotation style' is used in so many places. Good historical window.

shikaan: Kinda OT: can anybody recognize the keyboard in the German keyboard shot? I have been looking for a similar ISO keyboard (with international layout) for a while

Findecanor: It looks like a Cherry MX 3000 (G80-3000) [1], of the older "winkeyless" variety in German layout. The later variant with windows keys and cheaper build is still being produced.I have bought several second-hand on German eBay, for scavenging parts for DIY mechanical keyboards back in the early '10s before the mechanical keyboard scene matured. The build is cheap and dated compared to modern mechanical keyboards, and newly produced keyboards are very overpriced. [2]Many other (better) keyboard models are produced in ISO layouts, but you might have to look abroad to find one the right one.[1] https://wiki.themk.org/index.php/Cherry_G80-3000[2] https://www.cherry.de/en-gb/product/g80-3000

allenu: Just a guess, but it looks like an IBM Model M but with a German layout, or at least something from that era.