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Post #112,621 by pwhysall 8/4/03 12:46:25 PM Reply	And for the really, really pedantic... ...ASCII stands for American Standard Code For Information Interchange, and in its original form was a 7-bit code. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Blog]
Post #112,627 by a6l6e6x 8/4/03 12:57:05 PM Reply	Yep, and on teletype 8th bit was a parity bit. Alex A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -- George Bernard Shaw
Post #112,695 by Nightowl 8/4/03 5:43:55 PM Reply	Re: And for the really, really pedantic... ...ASCII stands for American Standard Code For Information Interchange, and in its original form was a 7-bit code. Heheeh, I knew that part! I don't know all the other techno-details, but I knew that! :) Believe it or not, my 8088 laptop where I first discovered this plus my 8088 computer both still run. :) Of course, I don't use them much! LOL! Nightowl >8# "I learned to be the door, instead of the mat!" "illegitimi nil carborundum" Comment by Nightowl

Re: On Features. - (Nightowl) - (24) - Aug. 2, 2003, 11:12:25 AM EDT

zIWE forum software was selected to a purpose - - (Ashton) - (20) - Aug. 2, 2003, 06:34:25 PM EDT

Re: zIWE forum software was selected to a purpose - - (Nightowl) - (19) - Aug. 2, 2003, 10:53:42 PM EDT

ANSI art - (orion) - (10) - Aug. 2, 2003, 11:13:59 PM EDT

Re: ANSI art - (Nightowl) - Aug. 2, 2003, 11:17:46 PM EDT

Not a lost art... - (pwhysall) - Aug. 3, 2003, 03:43:46 AM EDT

same idea as antialiasing -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 02:45:51 PM EDT

PETSCII movies - (SpiceWare) - (3) - Aug. 4, 2003, 05:35:51 PM EDT

ATASCII - (orion) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2003, 07:33:55 PM EDT

same here - (SpiceWare) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 11:11:27 PM EDT

Platform Wars - (orion) - Aug. 5, 2003, 03:09:09 PM EDT

Re: ANSI art - (radman) - (2) - May 10, 2004, 02:42:10 PM EDT

notSPAM*notSPAM*notSPAM*notSPAM - (folkert) - (1) - May 10, 2004, 04:46:47 PM EDT

No, not really... - (admin) - May 10, 2004, 04:44:28 PM EDT

Warning, abuse of HTML - (JayMehaffey) - (7) - Aug. 3, 2003, 12:21:14 AM EDT

Re: Warning, abuse of HTML - (Nightowl) - Aug. 3, 2003, 12:27:52 AM EDT

For the really pedantic... :) - (a6l6e6x) - (5) - Aug. 3, 2003, 05:17:04 PM EDT

Nit - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:34:55 PM EDT

Yep, "symbol" is a poor choice for the definition. - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:48:00 PM EDT

And for the really, really pedantic... - (pwhysall) - (2) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:46:25 PM EDT

Yep, and on teletype 8th bit was a parity bit. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Aug. 4, 2003, 12:57:05 PM EDT

Re: And for the really, really pedantic... - (Nightowl) - Aug. 4, 2003, 05:43:55 PM EDT

DLX BBS - (orion) - Aug. 3, 2003, 05:16:42 PM EDT

BBS mates - (orion) - Aug. 3, 2003, 09:30:59 PM EDT

Most BBSes are Telnetable now - (orion) - Aug. 6, 2003, 08:52:47 PM EDT

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