I am unsure if "8-bit ASCII" is a well-defined term.  "ASCII" implies
X3.4-1986 and the 7-bit ASCII code.  It was my intention for ISO/IEC 8859-1
to be the 8-bit ASCII standard.  When the US adopted ISO 8859-1 as a US
standard (ANSI/ISO 8859-1), as editor I asked ANSI to add "(8-bit ASCII)" to
the end of the title.  I never purchased a copy to see if ANSI did this.  

Ed

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The people who are responsible for this text have been made aware of the
problem.  This will be updated for WindowsXP.

Cathy

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In a message dated 2001-02-20 04:21:49 Pacific Standard Time, 
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>  Even 8-bit ASCII is a correct term meaning ISO-8859-1.

I would question that.  Understandable, yes, but not really correct.

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