Hi Dave, strangely enough, I read that the 8th bit allowed parity as, the then, top notch paper tapes could cope with an extra (8th) bit and it was put to good use for a parity bit. I haven't read the various standards though, so willing to be corrected. (Again!)
Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List