Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Teo Zenios via cctalk
I watched the screen and it works very well. His only problem is he sometimes forget to click a button to start the input going. There is a box where what he speaks gets transcribed and then he cuts and pasts it to the correct spot in the patients worksheet. -Original Message- From:

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Apr 27, 2022, at 4:38 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctech > wrote: > > On 4/27/22 10:51, Craig Ruff via cctech wrote: >> Having gone through many mathematics courses it was common to also place a >> slash on the letter Z to distinguish it from the numeral 2. Also for persons >> from Europe

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/27/22 10:51, Craig Ruff via cctech wrote: > Having gone through many mathematics courses it was common to also place a > slash on the letter Z to distinguish it from the numeral 2. Also for persons > from Europe where they slashed the numeral 7 to distinguish it from a numeral > 1 that

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Diane Bruce via cctalk
On Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 11:51:10AM -0600, Craig Ruff via cctech wrote: > Having gone through many mathematics courses it was common to also place a > slash on the letter Z to distinguish it from the numeral 2. Also for persons > from Europe where they slashed the numeral 7 to distinguish it from

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 27 Apr 2022, Teo Zenios via cctalk wrote: One of my mothers doctors just talks into a microphone and it does the typing for him in real time. YIKES! I hope that he MANUALLY edits the results! People that aren't familiar with such OFTEN have excessive confidence that it is getting it

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> Now with electronics records (EMRs) we just get legible but junk notes - copy > and paste for a week straight Yeah, I consider that lazy. I always rewrite my notes, even if I saw them myself the last time. It forces me to check the history and make sure nothing's changed (and that I didn't

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Teo Zenios via cctalk
One of my mothers doctors just talks into a microphone and it does the typing for him in real time. -Original Message- From: Ali via cctalk Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2022 5:31 PM To: 'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts' Subject: RE: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs >

RE: new Z80 monitor ROM works with no RAM

2022-04-27 Thread Jonathan Chapman via cctalk
> Dang! That Z80 computer looks AWESOME. Sure does! Simpson 260 sitting on the bench too :P Thanks, Jonathan

RE: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Ali via cctalk
> > Cameron, do they teach indecipherable handwriting in med school? > Seems to be universal! > It's probably the hand cramping after writing clinic notes all day. > Unexpectedly, electronic medical records have made my handwriting > worse, not > better. Well the old excuse was too many notes

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 27 Apr 2022, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: Cameron, do they teach indecipherable handwriting in med school? Seems to be universal! It's probably the hand cramping after writing clinic notes all day. Unexpectedly, electronic medical records have made my handwriting worse, not better.

Re: Slashed letter O, unslashed letter zero

2022-04-27 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
On 4/27/22 12:38, Diane Bruce wrote: > Yes. Now try Courier ;) That Model D had magnificent typefaces; it was proportionally-spaced. The space bar was split in the center--one side gave you an "em" space (wide); the other gave you an "n" space (narrow). When backspacing to correct, it was a

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> Cameron, do they teach indecipherable handwriting in med school? Seems to be > universal! It's probably the hand cramping after writing clinic notes all day. Unexpectedly, electronic medical records have made my handwriting worse, not better. -- personal:

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> I still cross my zeds and sevens.  And I propose that more people should do s > as handwriting continues to deteriorate into un-favomable scribble! So do I, but as a physician, my handwriting is already indecipherable. -- personal:

Re: Slashed letter O, unslashed letter zero

2022-04-27 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2022-04-27 2:54 p.m., ben via cctalk wrote: > > Cut and paste.  Consider the S/360 Assembler (F) manual: > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/asm/C26-3756-2_Assembler_F_Programmers_Guide_196711.pdf > > Look at PDF page 10.   Note the box at the bottom of the page and how > it's not

Re: Slashed letter O, unslashed letter zero

2022-04-27 Thread Diane Bruce via cctalk
On Tue, Apr 26, 2022 at 07:48:36PM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 4/26/22 19:05, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > I remember about 30 years ago, a registration card for a Microsoft > > product had specific forms that they wanted for certain letters, for the > > sake of a slightly

RE: new Z80 monitor ROM works with no RAM

2022-04-27 Thread W2HX via cctalk
Dang! That Z80 computer looks AWESOME. Is there a website that talks about it? Is this a homebrew project or something he plans to make available as a kit? 73 Eugene W2HX Subscribe to my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/w2hx-channel/videos -Original Message- From: cctalk On

Re: Slashed letter O, unslashed letter zero

2022-04-27 Thread ben via cctalk
> > Cut and paste. Consider the S/360 Assembler (F) manual: > > http://bitsavers.org/pdf/ibm/360/asm/C26-3756-2_Assembler_F_Programmers_Guide_196711.pdf > > Look at PDF page 10. Note the box at the bottom of the page and how > it's not even perfectly horizontal at the borders. In fact, it

RE: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Martin Bishop via cctalk
Not to forget the practice, found in places where clock(s) may be set to Zulu (as in UTC timezone), of indicating the datum by a Z with a vertical bar / slash through it - often below the 12 and about 30% of the size of the clock face, or centred and somewhat larger. Horizontal and no bar

Re: Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Nigel Johnson Ham via cctalk
I still cross my zeds and sevens.  And I propose that more people should do so as handwriting continues to deteriorate into un-favomable scribble! Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 On 2022-04-27

Not just slashed zeroes/ohs

2022-04-27 Thread Craig Ruff via cctalk
Having gone through many mathematics courses it was common to also place a slash on the letter Z to distinguish it from the numeral 2. Also for persons from Europe where they slashed the numeral 7 to distinguish it from a numeral 1 that commonly had an initial small upward stroke at the top

RT11 Freeware Collection

2022-04-27 Thread Douglas Taylor via cctalk
All; I wanted to extract some parts of the RT11 Freeware iso file that is available on the internet.  The note Tom Shoppa wrote indicates that the CD has 2 partitions.  When I burned the CD on a windows machine I only see one partition. How to I extract the 2nd partition off the iso? Doug

Re: Slashed letter O, unslashed letter zero

2022-04-27 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2022-04-27 9:14 a.m., Paul Koning via cctalk wrote: ... Re OCR-B: the difference between zero and O in that font is small enough that contemporary OCR could not reliably tell the two apart. This is documented in detail in "Travels in Computerland" by Ben R. Schneider, a book about his

Re: Slashed letter O, unslashed letter zero

2022-04-27 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
> On Apr 27, 2022, at 1:22 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk > wrote: > > On 4/26/22 20:10, ben via cctalk wrote: >> On 2022-04-26 8:48 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> >>> CDC actually adopted OCR-A as their official internal font. My office >>> typewriter (Olivetti) had such a font. I