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For the AS/400, but I think probably applicable or 99% applicable to z/OS. Note the exception list at the top. I have used this list when I needed to design a token that could be e-mailed to a customer and produce predictable code points on the z. Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 2:18 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Special characters for Passwords On 24 May 2014 07:40:49 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >[email protected] (Paul Gilmartin) writes: >> I hate EBCDIC! USASCII code points are relatively stable, even >> outside the USA. > >old standby ... EBCDIC was the biggest computer goof ever ... >originally >360 was suppose to be ASCII machine >http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM >and >http://www.bobbemer.com/FATHEROF.HTM >http://www.bobbemer.com/HISTORY.HTM I would never use the nationals because of their instability. Which of the following are stable across code pages? , comma . period ( left parentheses ) right parentheses * asterisk + plus sign - minus sign or hyphen = equal sign & ampersand % percent sign _ underscore / slash < less than sign > greater than sign : colon ; semi-colon ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
