Re: [OT] bits and bytes

[Markus Scherer]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> the smallest and largest size code units ever used for representing character data?

Teletype machines commonly use a 5-bit code (Baudot, International Alphabet Nr. 2). It 
has Shift-In/Shift-Out codes to switch between an alphabetic default level and a level 
with digits and symbols.

Morse code uses a one-bit scheme, if you will, or a small number of codes (short/long 
sound and some 3 or 4 standard lengths of pauses) depending on how you look at it.

markus
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