Page 54 - Mick Bister - The Postcode Programmes of France

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ALPHA-NUMERIC LANGUAGE

CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT-CUT KEY ERROR

The coding desk operators were required to remember 415 different short-cut codes and were

under pressure to maintain a constant rhythm of processing. Despite being restricted to shifts

a1m10m111a1m11 am•aammammmamm•m• • of 50 minutes, the operators'
concentration levels would fall
•EIBEDBlll 0 13Dm!EI• and keying errors became
inevitable.
• 11 El @J l!I mmm 11a111 •

Annulation

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The operator at Coding Desk N° 11 has -N u ----D ----3 4
keyed in the short-cut code CY instead of
CJ. This has resulted in the item of mail - -- --
receiving the indexation 43DUN for
Dunieres in Haute-Lo ire instead of the - --
intended 15222 for the Cantal T.P.O.

Clermont-Ferrand to Fontanges
21May1974