On 5 Aug 2006 11:37:56 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clark Morris) wrote:
On 4 Aug 2006 09:16:05 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you
wrote:
ISNT IT TRUE THAT IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS ONLY UPPER CASE ?
For those machines with only 6 bit characters such as the
IBM 14xx
series, 705/7080, RCA 301/3301, Yes.
Per the Jargon file, upper-only started before 1870. See
http://www.retrologic.com/jargon/G/Great-Runes.html
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