Abacus: The Pale
The abacus is generally divided into two sections - above and below the line. Below, each bead or token represents one unit. above, each token represents five units. Consider the units above indexical: the _position_ of the token represents either naught or five. But the units below are doubly coded: as ikonic, they not only represent one; they _are_ one. But in terms of position, the one is counted and accountable, or uncounted and unaccountable. Think on that. found this older bookmark file - most of the links are gone - there's a lot of net history here - might be of interest - alan http://www.asondheim.org/cic3.html
