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Jerry Avins
Ben Bradley wrote:
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Back when electronics was done with tubes (but after they stopped using
coherers, and not long after I taught my teacher to multiply in binary),
a friend of mine and I added three more colors (pink, burnt sienna, and
"skin color"), so we could write hex digits and send secret messages in
Baudot code using Crayola crayons. We never used it enough to qualify
for a "yes" answer to your question, but it was a start.
Jerry
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Does anyone have any other non-component-value examples of the
color code being used? ...
Back when electronics was done with tubes (but after they stopped using
coherers, and not long after I taught my teacher to multiply in binary),
a friend of mine and I added three more colors (pink, burnt sienna, and
"skin color"), so we could write hex digits and send secret messages in
Baudot code using Crayola crayons. We never used it enough to qualify
for a "yes" answer to your question, but it was a start.
Jerry