@neauoire even in conventional arabic writing the direction of numbers is "backwards" relative to the direction of the text, so it wouldnt be jarring to an arabic reader.
related -- look what arrived the other day (sakhr basic cart complete w/manual)
@nasser omg! that's the system I'm looking at right now!! Wow, do you have an msx?
It's funny I was just talking to @256k about this very cart.