Re: VMs: character ordering

[Jim Gillogly <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Marke Fincher wrote:
> On folio 57v there appears to be an ordered sequence of 16 VMS chars,
> written 4 times around a ring with a funny squiggle between each run.
>
> Are there many other places in the VMS where some ordering of the main
> characters is implied?    Alphabetical ordering may be unimportant but
> an order arising from numerical equivalents could be vital.

We've also looked at the vertical list on 66r, which appears to show
individual letters including weirdos, but with repetitions suggesting
that this isn't intended to be in alphabetical order.  The main thing
I take from this list is that EVA "air" is a single character.

	Jim Gillogly
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