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In Reply to: Jeez, why don't they just use decimal points! posted by samoore on October 26, 2003 at 07:53:44:

Hi Steve;
>>>...why don't they just use decimal points!...<<<
The reason is that back in the good old days of copy machines, sometimes a decimal point would "fade out" of a copied schematic. Using a character like a "k" instead of a tiny flyspeck for so critical a piece of information makes a lot of sense the first time you are trying to figure out where in a faded copy the decimal points are....
All the best,
Morse

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Topic - Help with resistor values...... - samoore 18:59:09 10/25/03 (4)

And also... - Ryder 09:46:08 10/26/03 (0)

Re: Help with resistor values...... - Ryder 20:20:22 10/25/03 (2)

Jeez, why don't they just use decimal points! - samoore 07:53:44 10/26/03 (1)

Here's why..... - Morse 08:25:22 10/26/03 (0)

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