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Article #1570Re: 7-segment LCD
From: colonel
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1987 21:41
Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1987 21:41
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_Design_ featured this 7-stroke alphabet around 1972:
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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:
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a ckqx dpb e fv gj h iy l m n owu r sz t
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!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