Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users wrote:
> In this issue there is an article by Tobias on the Q68, plus
> exciting stuff about the UTF8 character set encoding and how it can
> be used on the QL - or at least, how I can use it! Two world class
> (ahem!) utilities are supplied to enable conversion from the
Hi Marcel,
yes, I agree ASCII is indeed 7 bit. I have to confess that since the
early eighties - at least where I've been working or at college - it has
been considered 8 bit with all those extra characters above $7F. But I
sit corrected. (I like pedantry!)
Do you mind if I use your
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.
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On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:38 PM Norman Dunbar via Ql-Users <
ql-users@lists.q-v-d.com> wrote:
> Hi Marcel,
>
> yes, I agree ASCII is indeed 7 bit. I have to confess that since the
> early eighties - at least where I've been working or at college - it has
> been considered 8 bit with all those
I think we have to remember that people didn't communicate as easily or
freely then as we do today, so specifications were far more localized than
we'd suspect. If sites had 8 hole punched tape readers, it would be a
sensible use. When modems came along, and a parity bit was part of the
modem's
