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Hi Leonard.

02-Jun-03 18:50:12, Leonard Erickson wrote to Jasen Betts

 JB>> yeah, 6 per character cell. presuably with a solenoid underneath
 JB>> driving each one of them

 LE>> And they need to be able to handle being on all the time.

 JB>> make 'em bigger, or use permanent magnets to make them stick in
 JB>> position.

 LE> Permanent magnets that'll fit in the space available and *not*
 LE> intefere with adjacent rods aren't apt to be workable.

the solenoids (and magnets) needn't all be on the same plane,
also they're making some real strong magnets in tiny sizes these days...

 LE>> Then add in the fact that there's a lot of decoding going on, as
 LE>> Braille is *not* mappable to ASCII.

 JB>> in what way?  it's got letters and digits...

 LE> BRL IS H1VILY 8OV]LOAD$01 6USE A PROGRAMM+ T]M4

ah.

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