PDP8 key (Was: Text encoding Babel.

Dennis Boone drb at msu.edu
Fri Nov 30 22:37:36 CST 2018


 > How come there are 8? The lock only has 7 pins.
 > Also which is pin 1 and which direction do they number?

There are 8 possible depths, as Ethan listed.

The lock has seven pins, with the depth indexes Ethan listed.

Conventional pin numbering is to look into the lock, number from 1 CW
starting to right of index (roughly one o'clock).

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