[GreenKeys] Slashed zero on Teletypes

[WA5CAB--- via GreenKeys]

That doesn't surprise me.  The original symbal for zero (meaning, not 
English name) was a dot in the vertical position that a hyphen is written.

In a message dated 05/20/2015 04:17:41 AM Central Daylight Time, 
navy.radio at gmail.com writes: 
> According to Wikipedia (sometimes reliable) slashed zero dates back to 
> 12th century!
> 
> IBM lived in their own universe. 
> 
> 
> Cheers. 
> 

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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