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Subject:Overbars From:Michael Johnson <michaelj -at- OECMED -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 7 Feb 1999 06:34:14 -0700
I've seen the asterisk more often than the overbar in identifying low active signals, e.g., *START. It's fast and easy to type, and the engineers enjoy talking about signals they can say: "That splat START signal is 20 milliseconds too late to do any good..."
At least that's my view of the world from a cloudy and windy but almost warm Salt Lake City on an early Sunday morning. Another deadline draweth nigh.
Regards,
Mike Johnson
michaelj -at- oecmed -dot- com
writer -at- softcom -dot- net
