Bell & Howell Micromodule 85 : info wanted

From: ss_at_allegro.com <(ss_at_allegro.com)>
Date: Sat Aug 14 12:29:00 1999

Re:
> > > 4 5 8 C W R
> > > 3 6 9 D P D
> > > 2 7 A E L S
> > > 1 0 B F X B
> > > -------------- ------
> >
> > Hmmmm... kinda neat if you're programming in Octal all the time...
> > then the layout gets almost, dare I use the word: 'ergonomic'.....?
>
> Aha! That makes perfect sense. Good eye.

Well, it might if either the 4/3/2/1 and the 5/6/7/0 columns were in the
same order. ... but ... what's that 0 doing "after" the 7? In short,
I don't see it is vaguely appropriate for octal, either :)

SS
Received on Sat Aug 14 1999 - 12:29:00 BST