Klarinet Archive - Posting 001456.txt from 2000/10

From: Daniel Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] ASCII
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 12:31:40 -0500

Anyone is permitted to correct me and even chastise me (which you did
not and for which I thank you), but in 1956, when the term was first
used, the "C" stood for "Character." What I really am is obsolete and
out of date more than just completely wrong. I just realized that I
passed out of middle age.

Mark Charette wrote:
>
> Dan,
> I've got to correct you here. In 1963 it was standardized and stood for
>
> American
> Standard
> Code for
> Information
> Interchange
>
> 7 bit only (0-127) in 1963.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daniel Leeson" <leeson0@-----.net>
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> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 9:36 AM
> Subject: [kl] ASCII
>
> > American
> > Standard
> > Character
> > Information
> > Interchange
> >
> > ASCII
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