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'''DEC Alphabet''' is the name given to the cut-down alphabet used by [[DEC]] to number things such as the contact fingers on the edge of [[DEC card form factor|standard DEC cards]]. It runs:
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'''DEC Alphabet''' is the name given to the cut-down alphabet used by [[DEC]] to number things such as the contact fingers on the edge of [[DEC edge connector contact identification|standard DEC cards]]. It runs:
  
 
A,B,C,D,E,F,H,J,K,L,M,N,P,R,S,T,U,V
 
A,B,C,D,E,F,H,J,K,L,M,N,P,R,S,T,U,V

Revision as of 03:14, 17 December 2017

DEC Alphabet is the name given to the cut-down alphabet used by DEC to number things such as the contact fingers on the edge of standard DEC cards. It runs:

A,B,C,D,E,F,H,J,K,L,M,N,P,R,S,T,U,V

I.e. leaving out 'G', 'I', 'O' and 'Q', which when poorly printed might be mistaken for '0', '1', etc.

It stops at 'V' because FLIP CHIPs, and later boards in that system, only had 18 contact pads on the edge fingers.