[GreenKeys] Interesting modem for a teletype up on eBay
Jim Haynes
jhhaynes at earthlink.net
Sun Feb 13 17:44:46 EST 2011
On Sun, 13 Feb 2011, Paul Heller wrote:
> Wow, nice restoration job. It is funny to see an O with the slash and a
> ZERO without the slash. I suddenly remember that this is the exact
> opposite of what I learned way back in engineering school.
Seems like I remember something about IBM teaching people to use a slashed
Oh and an unslashed zero, way back when they were teaching people to fill
out forms to be key punched into cards. Whereas slashed zero I believe
can be traced to the U.S. military.
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