WWI Digest 2084 Topics covered in this issue include: 1) e-bay goodie by NAER 2) lewis machine gun by "dfernet0" 3) Looking for kit/part by smperry@mindspring.com 4) Re: lewis machine gun by "Peter Leonard" 5) RE: lewis machine gun by "dfernet0" 6) Re: Flashback Berg by "Charles and Linda Duckworth" 7) Re: "Outdated" kits on the ceiling.... by "cameron rile" 8) Hanriot Hd.1 by Unicalce Amministrazione =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alm=E8?= 9) Re: Outdated kits by Unicalce Amministrazione =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alm=E8?= 10) Re: "Outdated" kits by Paul Schwartzkopf 11) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by John Huggins 12) Re: "Outdated" kits by smperry@mindspring.com 13) Re: Windsock/Datafiles by fedders 14) Cool small scale armor by "Matthew Bittner" 15) Re: Cool small scale armor by "Peter Leonard" 16) 9 by 33213@ihw.com.cn 17) Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... by "DAVID BURKE" 18) Re: Flashback Berg by Albatrosdv@aol.com 19) Re: Flashback Berg by Albatrosdv@aol.com 20) Whom? by smperry@mindspring.com 21) Re: Whom? by Albatrosdv@aol.com 22) Re: Whom? by "Matthew Bittner" 23) RE: Whom? by "dfernet0" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:59:29 +0000 From: NAER To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: e-bay goodie Message-ID: <387B0D11.B12B6760@naer-novoaeroporto.pt> This one should be nice http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=232638371 Pedro ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:10:58 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: "WW1 modeling Mail List" Subject: lewis machine gun Message-ID: <001201bf5c24$896774e0$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> A question for the gun-oriented modelers: >From the inception of german stormtrooper "musketen" teams, the germans used captured Lewis guns to fight, because of its higher reliability. The germans converted the guns from .303 to 7.62 caliber for ease of use. I have a picture of a machine gun team, that carried not only the Lewis MG, but a box with ammunition belts and a medium sized cylindrical container with a hose. Now, the lewis machine gun had a drum magazine, the ammo entering from above. Where were the empty shell chute? How can the germans convert this mechanism to use their ammo belts? The lewis mg's ("thick" jacket version) were water cooled, right? where they connected the hose (at the end of the barrel perhaps, as the spandau?)? TIA D. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 06:17:24 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: "Multiple recipients of list" Subject: Looking for kit/part Message-ID: <004301bf5c25$705c3660$f90056d1@default> Anyone have a Revell 1:28 Spad they want to trade or sell? I am looking for the wings, so even if you have a partial kit or a broken model, LMK TIA sp E-mail smperry@mindspring.com Web Site http://smperry.home.mindspring.com/PWWIP.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 11:31:58 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: lewis machine gun Message-ID: <20000111113158.18058.qmail@hotmail.com> Diego, the Lewis was never other than air cooled, and the spent cartridges ejected to the right of the chamber. It is difficult to say without seeing the photograph, but it certainly reads like a water cooled MG. Who says it's a Lewis? The caption? Most likely it's a Maxim variant, Spandau or Schwarzlose IMO. Peter ----Original Message Follows---- From: "dfernet0" Reply-To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: lewis machine gun Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 06:19:49 -0500 (EST) A question for the gun-oriented modelers: >From the inception of german stormtrooper "musketen" teams, the germans used captured Lewis guns to fight, because of its higher reliability. The germans converted the guns from .303 to 7.62 caliber for ease of use. I have a picture of a machine gun team, that carried not only the Lewis MG, but a box with ammunition belts and a medium sized cylindrical container with a hose. Now, the lewis machine gun had a drum magazine, the ammo entering from above. Where were the empty shell chute? How can the germans convert this mechanism to use their ammo belts? The lewis mg's ("thick" jacket version) were water cooled, right? where they connected the hose (at the end of the barrel perhaps, as the spandau?)? TIA D. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:45:15 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: lewis machine gun Message-ID: <007701bf5c29$53efc420$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Peter! The book is Osprey's Elite series "German stormtrooper 1914-18" or something like that. Maybe you have it and can look at the picture, that shows clearly three or four Lewis guns. However, a bit of internet sailing have shown me that, as you have pointed, they were all air cooled, what left me wondering why all those guys carried the water containers. But there is another possibility: all the gunners carried a bandolier belt with special hooks at the waist, used to carry heavy machine gun tripods. Maybe these gunners carried other type of ordnance as well, but the picture only shows the Lewis, and that's why they carry water containers and ammo belts too. "Pictures are just a thin slice of reality" D. ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter Leonard To: Multiple recipients of list Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 8:36 AM Subject: Re: lewis machine gun > Diego, the Lewis was never other than air cooled, and the spent cartridges > ejected to the right of the chamber. It is difficult to say without seeing > the photograph, but it certainly reads like a water cooled MG. Who says it's > a Lewis? The caption? Most likely it's a Maxim variant, Spandau or > Schwarzlose IMO. > > Peter > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: "dfernet0" > Reply-To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: lewis machine gun > Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 06:19:49 -0500 (EST) > > A question for the gun-oriented modelers: > >From the inception of german stormtrooper "musketen" teams, the germans > used > captured Lewis guns to fight, because of its higher reliability. The germans > converted the guns from .303 to 7.62 caliber for ease of use. I have a > picture of a > machine gun team, that carried not only the Lewis MG, but a box with > ammunition belts and a medium sized cylindrical container with a hose. > Now, the lewis machine gun had a drum magazine, the ammo entering from > above. Where were the empty shell chute? How can the germans convert this > mechanism to use their ammo belts? > The lewis mg's ("thick" jacket version) were water cooled, right? where they > connected the hose (at the end of the barrel perhaps, as the spandau?)? > TIA > D. > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 06:26:31 -0600 From: "Charles and Linda Duckworth" To: Subject: Re: Flashback Berg Message-ID: <004901bf5c2f$1a434de0$b72c57d8@cnlduckwor> >Sorry I can't help with the struts, but how did this 'tone-down' work out? >E. Well the dark grey did tone the decals down but they are still (imo) brighter than what I would have chosen if I were picking out the decal colors. What probably makes it worse is I have a coat of Future over everything to seal down the edges and I believe the gloss makes the colors even more vivid. Hope after a coat of Testor's Dullcote/Gloss it will look fine. It's not a great kit by ANY means, lots of sanding to the wings as previously mentioned. The radiator needs to be sanded to half it's thickness so it sits flush with the nose and much of the details are soft such as the small vents on the sides. I looking back after building this one the early Eduards (Fokker, Baby) are still better kits. Given the details in the DF I would have liked to have had more PE toss in as Eduard did with their early kits. On a scale one to ten, I'd give it a 6.5. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 07:24:03 -0500 From: "cameron rile" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: "Outdated" kits on the ceiling.... Message-ID: <8DEEEB589E7C3D115A820005B80A2E33@cameron.prontomail.com> >Anyone else have their aircraft on the ceiling?< When I was between the ages of 6 and 15 I must have had between 50 and 80 hanging from my bedroom ceiling. The largest a 1:32 B17, the smallest a 1:72 Morane monoplane with the Russian skull on its tail and rigged in cotton. When I moved out mum sold the lot to a local kid for $2. Mum said it made that kids day. I had a pretty good collection, it didnt discriminate between era's and I would regularly rip them down and repaint them in new colours. My mispent youth was spent standing on a chair either thumbtacking stuff to the ceiling or ripping it down. cam ______________________________________________________________ Get Your Free E-mail and Homepage at http://www.prontomail.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:47:35 -0100 From: Unicalce Amministrazione =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alm=E8?= To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Hanriot Hd.1 Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000111134735.0079db10@spm.it> Having completed the Toko Ni.11, I am going to attack the Formaplane vac of the Hanriot Hd.1. Looking at contemporary pictures, it seems some of the machines flown by Italian pilots had a cutaway in their engine bulkhead, very similar to those of the Sopwith Pup and Camel. However, Jim Kiger's drawings (see WW1 Aero n. 106) do not show that and the same goes for the original Macchi drawings I could get (see, for example, WW1 Aero n. 106, page 30). The Hd.1 currently preserved by the Aeronautica Militare Italiana at Vigna di Valle has that cutaway. I know some of the Italian Hanriots were powered by the 120hp Le Rhone instead of the 110 hp version: is it possible that they were the machines with that cutaway? I am going to build Silvio Scaroni's H.d.7157 and the picture which was published on the inside rear cover of the first printing of Datafile n. 12 seems to suggest that machine did not have any cutaway. Anyone able to solve the mistery ? ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 13:48:16 -0100 From: Unicalce Amministrazione =?iso-8859-1?Q?Alm=E8?= To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Outdated kits Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.20000111134816.0079ec60@spm.it> I must confess I like old kits. I simply love to rework them, adding as much details as my spare time allows and trying to bring them to modern standards. This is one of my favourite ways to enjoy WW1 aircraft modelling. Through the years, I have found that this sort of modelling helps you getting better scaled down replicas, as it often suggests you to completely replace parts with scratchbuilt items. Of course, I also like good modern kits but I must confess I prefer working on older kits and on vacs. Moreover, I feel several modern kits do need reworking (for example, look at the wings of the Flashback Voisin or of the Eduard Hd.1: ribbing is terrible!). It is just a question of personal tastes, I suppose. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 05:21:57 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Schwartzkopf To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <20000111132157.29729.qmail@web3105.mail.yahoo.com> I build them, as I do not buy the so-called "newer and better" kits. My philosophy in later years is "a bird on my shelf is worth two in the store". I have better things to do with my money than constantly buying newer kits of the same subject over and over again just to get the best example. Buying because you LIKE a subject is different. For example, I know a guy who must have about 2 dozen or so 1/48 P-47 kits, since each time one comes out, he says it is the best one yet, so he buys it. As a result, he has a shelf full of unbuilt kits, representing a large financial investment. However, now he will not build any because the next release "may be better". Sounds more lie a competition than a hobby to me. Paul --- Suvoroff@aol.com wrote: > "What do you do with those "older" kits that are now > obsolete because of the > latest kit to come out?" > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:06:50 -0600 From: John Huggins To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: >"Michael S. Alvarado" wrote: > >"Those of us of the naval boat drivers persuasion are also familiar with >the infamous "falcon" codes as well." > >Not just boat drivers, we VP people used them extensively, especially >when we were talking to "targets". The Falcon Codes were not just naval terms. We used them daily in SEAsia, both as a ground pounder and as an aircrew member (more common among the aircrew set). John -- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:19:21 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: Subject: Re: "Outdated" kits Message-ID: <006901bf5c3e$db4c4640$f90056d1@default> Each kit is a challenge, an exercise of your skills and an adventure in your mind. That is why I refuse to limit myself to any one scale or media. Each kit is a starting point for a model. When you hit the right combination of effort vs expected results, magic...Dicta Ira happens. I've had this happen on "fall together" DML kits and "completely rework what little you do keep" Smer kits. Those who enjoy the process of building will always see older kits in a different light from those who enjoy building a collection of finished models. Of course, neither emphasis is correct. It just means that there will be yet another generation of "older" kits for the builder types to pick up on for a reasonable sum, while the modelers who must have the latest & greatest release will continue to wait with baited breath for the long awaited release of "The Perfect Kit". Happy modeling to all :-) sp ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 08:29:23 -0600 (CST) From: fedders To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Windsock/Datafiles Message-ID: I finally received mine today. I get mine air. peter On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, ERIC HIGHT wrote: > lance, > i haven't got mine yet. i also have surface mail. i upgraded to air this > time. i'll be calling ray soon about it and i'll rattle his cage. > eric > > At 05:02 PM 1/10/00 -0500, you wrote: > >I know that almost everyone has long since received Windsock 15/6 and the > Caproni Datafile, but I'm still waiting for mine. > > > >I've got a direct from Albatros subscription, surface delivery. > > > >Any other Yanks still waiting under the same circumstances, or is it time > to send Ray and Angie a letter? > > > >Please advise.... > > > >Lance > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:07:59 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Cool small scale armor Message-ID: <200001111512.KAA08093@pease1.sr.unh.edu> I like this modeler! Check out an excellent treatment of the Airfix Mk.I/II 1/76th kit: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7413/mk1model.html Superb! Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:19:56 GMT From: "Peter Leonard" To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Cool small scale armor Message-ID: <20000111151956.43775.qmail@hotmail.com> He IS good isn't he, and it looks like it's just a small part of a much larger site. Check out http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7413/ww1.html Peter L ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Matthew Bittner" Reply-To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Cool small scale armor Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 10:12:53 -0500 (EST) I like this modeler! Check out an excellent treatment of the Airfix Mk.I/II 1/76th kit: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7413/mk1model.html Superb! Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 23:26:00 +0800 From: 33213@ihw.com.cn To: 3 Subject: 9 Message-ID: <36516.976398495367900.16322@localhost> 新年减价

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背景资料：

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晨拓点出“神指” 中国计算机报1998-09-21　
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　　9月16日，美国新思（Synaptics，Inc）和北京
晨拓公司联合正式推出高智能中文手写输入工具：晨
拓神指———三能手写识别系统。

　　晨拓神指的最大特点是采用了新思公司首创的非
完全笔划汉字输入技术，实现了从汉字的最初三、四
个笔划，或者一个粗略的轮廓来识别所要书写的汉字，
平均节省了三分之二的书写时间，使电脑手写中文输
入迈入了一个全新的时代，彻底打破了传统汉字识别
的框架而使汉字输入更加简易化和智能化了。

　　晨拓公司总经理廖理纯先生指出，中华民族的祖
先最早是用手指在泥土上构造我们的象形文字的。高
科技的发展又使我们回归自然，并实现了真正的智能
化输入和数字化存储。晨拓神指初次面市，在北京、
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三笔能成字
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中国计算机报 1998-11-02　

　　中华民族的祖先最早是用手指在泥土上构造我们
的象形文字，高科技的发展又使我们回归自然，在手
写板上输入汉字，并实现了真正智能化输入……


　　技术的成熟、产品的完善是推动当今计算机市场
发展的原动力，最典型的例子就是汉字手写输入市场
近两年来的蓬勃发展。汉字在计算机上的输入识别技
术，从研究所走向用户，经历了许多年的风雨历程，
终于呈现出丰收的景象。美国新思公司（Synaptics，
Inc）和北京晨拓公司联合，正式推出高智能化中文手
写输入工具：“晨拓神指———三能手写识别系统”
是其中引人注目的一处亮丽景色。今年手写输入市场
的竞争异常激烈，“晨拓神指”加入战团，优势何在？


　　■新思触控板一显“看家本领”

　　晨拓神指———三能手写识别系统，其硬件部分采
用了美国新思公司出品的电容感应式触控板。提起触控
板，使用笔记本电脑的人一定不会感到陌生，现在越来
越多的笔记本电脑采用了触控板作为鼠标。新思触控板
占有全球同类产品市场70％的份额，其生产商———美
国新思公司的注册商标“Synaptics”简直成了电容式触
控板的代名词。现在就让InfoLab带您了解新思触控板的
特点和与其它手写板的不同之处吧。


　　新思触控板采用了先进的电容感应板技术，它的工
作原理是通过人手指的电容来感知手指的位置。即当您
手指接触到触控板的瞬间，就在板的表面产生了一个电
场。在触控板表面附着有一种传感矩阵，这种传感矩阵
与一块特殊芯片一起，持续不断地跟踪着您手指电容的
“轨迹”，经过一系列的处理来确定每时每刻您手指的
位置（X、Y坐标），同时测量由于手指与板间距离（压
力大小）形成的电容值的变化，确定Z坐标，从而完成X、
Y、Z坐标值的确定。

　　其它手写板一般采用的是电磁感应式技术或电阻压
力式技术。电磁感应式最早被手写系统采用，也是现在
多数手写输入系统的常用方式。其工作原理也很简单：
通过附带笔尖中的线圈，在手写板附近形成感应电压，
通过测量感应电压的大小来确定笔的位置。这也是现在
许多手写系统多采用笔写的原因所在。电磁感应式手写
板其结构的特点决定了笔与板的角度不应太小，由于设
计复杂，其生产成本相对略高些。电阻压力式手写识别
系统具有两层塑料电阻薄膜，当使用者手指压在上面时，
使两层薄膜间的电阻值发生变化，进而引起施加在薄膜
X轴方向与Y轴方向上的电压发生变化，从而可以测出手
指或笔的坐标，但是长期使用后，电阻薄膜会由于压力
的原因而变形，引起输入错误的概率增大。

　　新思触控板在图形板方式（Graphics table mode）
下工作，其X／Y坐标的精度可达到每英寸500点（每毫米
20点）。由于结构及使用上的特点，其磨损速度极慢，
理论上使用年限可达60～100年。


　　■安装

　　晨拓神指的触控板———手写板，是一种分离式触
控板，它的安装与鼠标器一样，同时它可以与原有鼠标
共同工作。具体来讲，晨拓神指手写板可以接在串口或
并口上，若原鼠标器已经接在串口上，我们就可以利用
系统附带的一个串口／并口转换器将手写板连到并口上，
如果机器上没有并口，那么就必须将原来鼠标器“取而
代之”了，好在晨拓神指手写板也能当作鼠标器使用。
硬件安装好后，重新启动机器，进入Windows 95／98，
安装手写板和三能输入法驱动程序，只需将驱动程序光
盘放入光驱，然后按照提示一步步进行就可以了。

　　手写板的驱动程序为：Windows 95／NT 4．0 Touch
Pad Drivers 5．0。

　　■渐近识别未写先知

　　晨拓神指的识别处理核心是三能输入法。三能输入法
采用了称为渐近识别的智能识别过程。所谓渐近识别，就
是一种边写边识别的输入方法，根据您书写的汉字的笔划
及其位置，预测出您想写的汉字，并将这些汉字显示出来
供您选择。随着笔划的增加，经过“收敛”比较，使您在
整个汉字未完全书写完毕之前，就能够很快地选中所需汉
字进行输入。这种输入方式较好地解决了非完全笔划的识
别。实际上，笔顺、连笔及笔划数这几个难题一直困扰着
手写识别的应用。为了克服这些困难，不同厂商的手写识
别系统采用了不同的方法。如汉王笔采用允许以任意笔划
输入汉字，然后以汉字的形状区别汉字，这种方法对笔顺
要求不高，但在出现的连笔时，对识别就会有一定影响。
而Motorola慧笔等手写输入系统，对输入汉字的笔顺和笔
划要求严一些，而处理连笔的识别率就较高。而三能输入
法是根据您手写的每一笔，经过样品字型特征对比，预测
出您想得到的汉字。


　　■不用不相识


　　晨拓神指手写板有两种基本状态，即鼠标状态和书写
状态，状态信息可在“三能手写识别”视窗底部状态栏中
显示出来。当处于鼠标状态时，手写输入功能被屏蔽。一
般来讲，若您同时具有手写板与鼠标器，则可以将手写板
置于书写状态进行汉字等输入，而使用鼠标进行鼠标的操
作，同时也可使用键盘进行输入。

　　当手写板处于书写状态时，手写板的表面划分成三个
区域，左边一列为候选区，中间为书写区，右边一列为指
令区。同样，在显示屏上展现的“三能手写识别”视窗也
相应地划分成三个区域。书写区是书写和显示汉字的区域。
当每添一笔，输入系统就会迅速对比分析书写的现有字迹，
将所有可能的字选列在候选区中，您可以选出正确的“字
发送到其它激活的视窗（如Word文档、记事本、写字板等）。
在书写时，若字迹工整，则所需笔画较少，准确率也越高。
平均4、5笔识别一个汉字，见表1。

表1 5401个国标简体汉字识别情况
汉字笔划数 汉字个数 所需最多输入笔划
1-5 284 3
6-10 1681 4
11-15 2186 5
16-20 990 5
20以上 260 7

　　晨拓神指———三能手写识别系统，不仅可以输入汉字，
还可以识别英语字母或阿拉伯数字；若设置辨识状态为“拼
音”，则可以在手写板上用拼音方式输入，选择相应汉字进
行输出。它还能进行签名笔迹输入并可以设置签名尺寸的大
小。在输入符号方面，晨拓神指不仅可以直接在手写板的候
选区选择常用符号，而且可直接使用键盘打字得到符号。另
外，系统提供了拼音、图形／标点、数学及数字模拟键盘四
类模拟键盘进行输入。使用模拟键盘前要将视窗设置为鼠标
状态（即手写板为鼠标），其中数字键盘包含了文章中常用
的数字标题等。该系统还可设置“定时自动送字”功能，可
以设置十一级速度（“无”，0．5秒至5秒）进行自动送候选
区第一位的汉字到活动视窗中，此功能使用得当可以加快输
入速度，但若时间设置过短，字还未被写完就被送出，反而
“欲速则不达”。手写板还具有双书写格功能，即在视窗内
安排左右两个书写区，可以在其中交替书写，当移到另一区
书写时，原来区中的字会被辨识，第一位的候选字会被送出。
使用这个功能时应注意不要越过中界，笔者在测试这个功能
时，也许因为手写板上没有明显的“中线”标志，所以犯了
不少次“越界”的错误。

　　“三能手写识别”的另一特点是其词库与字库处理功能。
系统具有联想功能，可以将与选送字相关联的词组列于候选
区中；编辑自定义词库功能，将常用而未列在原词库中的词
句加入自定义词库，以便进行词组联想书写；将常用字加入
“字库”功能，以便将该字快速列于候选区中。

　　为了加快汉字识别速度，“三能输入法”利用“显示部首”
功能，即将常用部首显示于书写区的下端，以便快速选择。
如写“轮”字，可选取“车”部首，再写一撇在“车”字右方
即可，这样八画的字只需一点（选取部首）及一撇即可完成。
由于汉字的内码与英文字母不一样，为避免排版时“断句”错
误，本系统提供“添加空格”功能，可在每个选送的汉字后加
一个半角形空格。另外，您也可以设置笔型光标（光标以笔的
形态出现）、笔画宽度及颜色等。


　　■结论
　　晨拓神指———三能手写识别系统的最大特点是：采用了
美国新思公司首创的非完全笔划汉字输入技术，实现了从汉字
的最初三、四个笔划或者一个粗略的轮廓来识别所要书写的汉
字，平均节省了三分之二的书写时间，打破了传统汉字识别的
框架，使汉字输入更加简易化和智能化。


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晨拓神指百万温情大赠送
======================
　　北京晨拓公司和美国新思公司从12月10日开始,在华东地区
开展"严冬温情大赠送"活动,价值100万元的三能手写鼠标版软件
将免费赠送给喜爱并试用过该软件的用户。
　　北京晨拓公司和美国新思公司合作推出的“晨拓神指——三
能手写识别系统”自1998年9月16日推出以来，已经销售了近万套。
最近，这套系统又以美国新思公司首创的非完全笔划输入技术、
先进的电容感应式触控板及在键盘输入领域广阔的发展前景，被
国家经贸委批准为1998年度国家级重点新产品。
　　晨拓公司也希望通过这次赠送活动，能够推动三能手写输入
系统的应用和普及。北京晨拓公司总经理廖理纯先生说：“晨拓
神指——三能手写识别系统的突破性技术和它的简单实用性决定
了它光明的发展前景。我们相信它会成为普通人中文输入的有力
工具。”

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手写输入用“仙指”
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中国计算机报　99-07-05

手写输入产品的问世，使人机交流简单方便了许多，但诸如笔顺、
连笔及笔划数等难题一直困扰着手写识别的应用。兴荣时代科技
发展有限公司与美国新思公司合作开发的“兴荣仙指”就特别突
出了这方面的功能，它采用类似神经网络人工智能识别技术，实
现非完全笔划同步识别，日前推出的第二代产品还具有识别英文、
数字、模拟键盘和各种符号输入、手写拼音输入、手写签名、词
库、字库自定义和自动排序等功能。

------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 09:51:21 -0600 From: "DAVID BURKE" To: Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... Message-ID: <00bf01bf5c4c$b684f560$2193aec7@dora9sprynet.com> Yep, And then somebody built a model of it (or was it a model of a Hellcat with the same logos - I wanna say that it was the T-6) and brought it to the Columbus Nats with a picture of Bert Kinzey next to it saying: "It's the wrong color!". Laughs were had by all... DB -----Original Message----- From: KarrArt@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list Date: Monday, January 10, 2000 9:02 PM Subject: Re: Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog.... >In a message dated 1/10/00 12:53:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, >MSHANNON@tnrcc.state.tx.us writes: > ><< Now, those of you not in the U.S. might be unfamiliar with a chain of > restaurants that use an owl as the logo with the eyes formed in the two > "O"'s of the restaurant name, a term that is often used to refer colloquially > to some attractive features of the female human form, and is known for > its waitresses in halter and hot pants. >> > >off topic airplane, but a few years ago, this...uh......"jugular" chain >sponsored a T-6 that hit the airshow circuit all nicey painted up in the >company colors, and owl logo. >RK ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:06:32 EST From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Flashback Berg Message-ID: In a message dated 00-01-11 04:13:33 EST, you write: << think I ended up trimming all interplane struts. I attached the wings to the cabane struts first (careful) and then had a guide to go by. Chris >> Everyone to their own insanity - I too take models that really need work and do them, it's just they have to "attract" me somehow....like the (ot) Fairey Battle I am currently battling. Tom C ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:07:58 EST From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Flashback Berg Message-ID: In a message dated 00-01-11 04:25:57 EST, you write: << Proof possitive that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but then what do I know? I like the BE2 ;) >> So do I - and Aeroclub is bringing out the bunch of them this year. A good example of being willing to "go the distance" on a model that interests me - I even rebuilt and re-rigged my Aeroclub R.E.8 after a close relative picked it up and dropped it (and lived). Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:20:31 -0500 From: smperry@mindspring.com To: "Multiple recipients of list" Subject: Whom? Message-ID: <000f01bf5c58$2abbee60$220b56d1@default> Given the entirely hypothetical opportunity to meet 3 WWI aviators, Whom would you choose? Why? I'd like to meet Luke, Lufbery & Willie Gabriel. Luke because anyone that could give Management such a hard time, all they could think to do was give him the Medal of Honor and name an airbase after him, would have to be someone I'd like. Lufbery, because he could curse fluently in 7 languages (I thought that most cool at age 13). And Gabriel because anyone who irritated HG that much would have to be a likeable guy. What about y'all? sp E-mail smperry@mindspring.com Web Site http://smperry.home.mindspring.com/PWWIP.htm ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:24:49 EST From: Albatrosdv@aol.com To: wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: <6d.6d48d59e.25acc161@aol.com> I'd go with Gabriel for the same reason Steve does. I would also enjoy meeting William Wellman and Cecil Lewis, but likely after we tossed back a few together and talked about WW1 aviation, we'd get into dishing the dirt on another subject all three of us would know well, and they would discover the situation has only gotten worse. Tom Cleaver ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:28:04 -0600 From: "Matthew Bittner" To: "wwi@pease1.sr.unh.edu" Subject: Re: Whom? Message-ID: <200001111732.MAA08730@pease1.sr.unh.edu> On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 12:24:25 -0500 (EST), smperry@mindspring.com wrote: > Given the entirely hypothetical opportunity to meet 3 WWI aviators, Whom > would you choose? Why? Jacobs, because he's just a cool cucumber, and what I consider a true ace; Anyone from N.124 just to hear what it was like to be American and fly in a French unit; Anyone from the A-H side of things, just to hear their side of the story. Matt Bittner http://pease1.sr.unh.edu/misc/ww1fr.htm http://www.geocities.com/~ipmsfortcrook __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 14:30:32 -0300 From: "dfernet0" To: Subject: RE: Whom? Message-ID: <001301bf5c59$90dcd6e0$4640a8c0@ssp.salud.rosario.gov.ar> Steve asks: > Given the entirely hypothetical opportunity to meet 3 WWI aviators, Whom > would you choose? Why? > Boelcke, Udet and Guynemer - Boelcke because he must have been a man of vision. And looks like he was a great guy (remember that legend of him saving a child from drowning?). - Udet because he looked as a amusing guy, perfect to share a root beer in the canteen and talk for hours. And because he liked to draw cartoons too. - Guynemer for some opposite reasons: he looked shy and introverted, sort of a romantic hero. Would he have been like that? That's why I'd want to meet him. D. ------------------------------ End of WWI Digest 2084 **********************