Re: VMs: The barrel mechanism

[steve ekwall <ekwall2@xxxxxxxx>]

COOL :-)

  I saw, knew the ~infinity~ of IT - but never thought about adding a 
_slide.rule_ effect... I don't know where your coming from to attack 
this, but you seem to have it surrounded... IT FLOATS, Yet is always 
STATIC!!  Once we get the KEY 'PAGE' - ALL will fall into PLACE (Both 
Scribe hands included).  

keep up the good work & THX :-)
-=se=-
steve (1 of 12/ I think Jeff may be 1/12 too?)ekwall :-)

(ps - ES said this was all done with just a piece of FOLDED paper 
(vellum etc.).. the "Characters" point to their positionings on your 
barrel etc.. ~weird but true~ :- ))
Don't forget, there are 4 upper and 4 lower gallows.

 Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 02:28:52 -0000
 From: Jeff <jeff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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 Subject: VMs: The barrel mechanism
 
 Imagine the cylinder can be turned round one notch at a time and the glyph
 bar can be slid left or right. The vellum or whatever in the bar could be in
 a loop so that missing decipher characters can be moved in when needed. The
 EVA f could mean line up to a pre determined glyph in the bar an also the
 reason for it being a paragraph start character. The ch and sh combinations
 mean roll the cylinder one or more notches, the sh being 2 I think. Other sh
 forms might signify other amounts. The gallows mean shift the decipher bar
 left or right. Certain other combinations might mean keep moving the bar
 until another gallows is found ie, cht.
 
 This might all be rubbish but it sprang to mind whilst thinking about
 Steve's method. It would be very easy to use, with one cylinder to encipher
 and one to decipher.
 
 If anyone can pick holes in it I'd be glad to here it now.
 
 Jeff
 
 
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