Re: VMs: Voynich manuscript

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

> Hang on to your hats because you are NOT going to believe this! The Voynich
> Manuscript is written in hexadecimal, or at least the first page is. I know
> you aren't going to belive me but look closer. I may be just too tired, I
> don't know, but I've been working with hex numbers I almost dream in hex.
> That's what I've found. Tell me if I'm wrong.

While this would have predated ASCII by a few centuries (I think it was 
Fred Brooks [of "Mythical Man-Month fame] who decided on the 8-bit byte 
while at IBM), regardless I'm all ears (especially as this is just one kind 
of what I call pairification). :-)

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

PS: are you Jeff of "The George Boole Fan Club"? Appropriate enough, given 
the Ethel Voynich connection. :-) 


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