[sdiy] Strange char, was: Spotted a couple of BBD kits

[Scott Stites]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2002, ">>>marjan<<<" wrote:

It's also a Vietnamese 'hard D', which sounds just like the English, German etc,
D.  The soft D in VN (without the slash) sounds like a 'Y' in the South and a 'Z'
in the North.  Sorry if I'm OT.

Scott


> 
> > >>Sorry to have to ask, but could somebody please tell me what Voltage:
> > >>9Ð14VDC means?
> > >>
> > >>I'm not familiar with the Ð.
> > 
> > Hm, I'm on Mac here too. This character looks like a capital D with a
> > minus sign typed over it.
> > 
> > Ingo
> 
> While I don't know why "Ð" special char was used here, it probably means
> it needs 9 to 14 V DC.
> 
> BTW that "capitol D with minus sign typed over it" is actually a letter
> from serbian latinnic/croatian alphabet, and it's spelled like Gi
> in Italian name Giovanni.
> I bet noone knew that here :)
> 
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> 
> 
> 
> marjan
> 
> 
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