Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!colonel From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: 7-segment LCD Message-ID: <1875@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 9-Jan-87 16:41:11 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.1875 Posted: Fri Jan 9 16:41:11 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Jan-87 06:28:18 EST References: <668@instable.UUCP> Organization: Jack of Clubs Precision Instruments Lines: 48 Summary: ancient history _Design_ featured this 7-stroke alphabet around 1972: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | | | | | -- -- -- -- | | | | | | | | -- -- -- -- -- It must be art; it's not pretty! (A few months later I implemented this on a Cyber driving a Calcomp roll plotter. I've still got the source somewhere ... ) If you think this is bad, the authors also proposed a "simplified" 4-stroke alphabet: -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- a ckqx dpb e fv gj h iy l m n owu r sz t -- Col. G. L. Sicherman UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel CS: colonel@buffalo-cs BI: colonel@sunybcs, csdsiche@ubvms