VMs: Re: VMS numbering systems hypotheses...

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dana,

> How would the 898989 sequence in the middle/right of line six in f14v and the
> 89890898 sequence in the seventh line be interpreted? I see a possible 
> match to
> the triplicates seen in the botanical drawing. And what are all those dots in
> the first gallow? May match to the drawing as well?

It's quite possible that "89" actually codes for a letter: the apparent 
size of the alphabet is quite small, so this is not unlikely. Beyond that, 
I wouldn't like to say. :-/

As far as the dots go, I'm pretty much 100% with Steve Ekwall: he believes 
that these (and long gallows) indicate some kind of code index in the 
characters beneath (or following) it - but more than that, my crystal ball 
is hazy, sorry. :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....