I grew up in what one could now call the first golden age of the IBM-compatible PC and the end of an era for NES clones. Then, in the gap between the two, was a decommissioned Timex Computer 2048, a ZX Spectrum clone, complete with a introductory book – with a primer on Sinclair BASIC, display modes and so on.
Now, We're talking about a former Warsaw Pact nation. That meant even though somebody experienced in clerical work would be well-versed in the local keyboard layout, you couldn't rely on that with those newfangled computer thingies. Spectrum's graphics mode offered salvation with 21 sprites' worth of RAM dedicated to custom glyphs, available through SymblShift + a letter. A Sinclair BASIC listing was provided that would load an "ą" under "a", "ć" under "c", so on for "ę", "ł", "ń", "ó" and "ś". The remaining "ź" and "ż" were less lucky, given the area past the 21st letter, i.e. U, was off-limits, so they were given two last available letters.
To this day, the "stu" wrapping up the short list, rather than the almost-stereotypical "szz" serves me as a quick-and-sure mnemonic, a perfect-memory checklist for all the accented letters I have to go through at a time.
For now? Mostly basking in newly reignited love for the ever-malleable medium of web, which I use to convey otherwise unkempt ideas.