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 ] AUTHOR:            ]                             ] DR:              ]
 ] T. HAHN            ]    PASS PROGRAM NOTE        ]    45822         ]
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 ] ORG/PHONE:         ] OPS NOTE ( )  USER NOTE (X) ] DATE: SEPT. 1987 ]
 ] DEV/282-7345       ]      RELEASE NOTE( )        ] REV A: 06/14/89  ]
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 ] OI/FLIGHT EFFECTIVITY:        ]  USER AFFECTED:                     ]
 ] OI02 AND SUBS                 ]  CREW (X)  GROUND ( )  DUMP ONLY ( )]
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 ]        MAJOR SOFTWARE AREA:       ] OPS MODES AFFECTED:             ]
 ]SSW ( )  GNC ( )  VU ( )  SM/PL (X)] S2, S4                          ]
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 ] SOFTWARE SUB-AREA:  DISP                                            ]
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 ] PRINCIPAL FUNCTIONS: S5.2.7                                         ]
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 ] TITLE:                                                              ]
 ] MINUS SIGNS IN INCORRECT DISPLAY COLUMN                             ]
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 ] DESCRIPTION:                                                        ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] WHEN NO ALLOWANCE IS MADE FOR MINUS SIGNS IN DISPLAY FIELDS, A      ]
 ] NEGATIVE VALUE WILL HAVE ITS SIGN TO THE LEFT OF ITS DISPLAY FIELD. ]
 ] EXAMPLE: WHEN CRYO TANK PRESSURE (DISPLAY 068) GOES TO ZERO (CAUSED ]
 ] BY HARDWARE FAILURE), A VERY SMALL NEGATIVE A0 SCALING COEFFICIENT  ]
 ] PRODUCES A MINUS VALUE. THUS, THE STATUS COLUMN OF THE PRECEDING    ]
 ] TANK PRESSURE FIELD WILL BE OVERLAID WITH A MINUS SIGN.             ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] ANYTIME A DISPLAYED VALUE CAN BE NEGATIVE AND REQUIREMENTS DO NOT   ]
 ] ALLOW SPACE FOR THE SIGN, THIS CONDITION CAN OCCUR. SO SOME DISPLAY ]
 ] VALUES MAY APPEAR WITH A MINUS SIGN TO THE LEFT OF THAT PARAMETER'S ]
 ] FIELD.                                                              ]
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 ] USER RESPONSE:                                                      ]
 ]                                                                     ]
 ] NONE.                                                               ]
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 ]CONCURRENCE:                           ]APPROVAL:                    ]
 ]IBM: WYATT COOPER         DATE 07/13/89]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------]                             ]
 ]SSD: SAM ANKNEY           DATE 07/14/89]                             ]
 ]    --------------------      ---------] M.C. GREMILLION    08/20/89 ]
 ]PF MGR: J.D. BAGWELL      DATE 07/14/89]------------------- -------- ]
 ]       -----------------      ---------] CHAIRMAN, SASCB      DATE   ]
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