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From https://ub.fnwi.uva.nl/computermuseum//DWcodes.html#A077 the Flexowriter character code was:

    +----------------------------------------------+
    |  00   20   40   60         00   20   40   60 | (1)  triangle
    +--------------------+    +--------------------+ (2)  pi
    |  RE   NL   ST      | 00 |  RE   NL   ST      | (3)  sigma
    |  z    i    p    h  | 01 |  Z    I    P    H  |
    |  0    4    8    j  | 02 |  )   (1)  (3)   J  | BS   Back Space
    |  SP   /    o       | 03 |  SP   ?    O       | COL  COLor
    |  LC   BS           | 04 |  LC   BS           | DEL  DELete
    |  b    d    e    c  | 05 |  B    D    E    C  | HT   Horizontal Tab
    |  l    5    9    k  | 06 |  L    %    (    K  | LC   Lower Case
    |  -    .    x       | 07 |  _    ]    X       | NL   New Line
    |  UC   HT           | 10 |  UC   HT           | RE   REad
    |  y    n    u    a  | 11 |  Y    N    U    A  | SP   SPace
    |  2    6    f    q  | 12 |  *    $    F    Q  | ST   STop
    |  +    ,            | 13 |  =    [            | UC   Upper Case
    | COL                | 14 | COL                |
    |  r    m    t    s  | 15 |  R    M    T    S  |
    |  3    7    g    w  | 16 |  "   (2)   G    W  |
    |  ,    v        DEL | 17 |  :    V        DEL |
    +--------------------+    +--------------------+
    |     lower case                upper case     |
    +----------------------------------------------+
Taking bits 2–5 gives you: 0 l 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 f g j k q w



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