In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/29/2007
at 10:07 PM, glen herrmannsfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> I believe, though, that even parity was
>all to common for 7 track tape.
Even parity was common on the decimal computers, e.g., 650, 1401,
1410, 7010, 7070, 7080. Odd parity was mandatory for binary data on,
e.g., 7040, 7090.
>I don't know specifically which systems allowed/used
>even parity seven track, but I do recall that it was used.
Used, yes; universal, no.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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