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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Re: DCA format for text files.
Keywords: DCA,file formats
Message-ID: <G_V4+B4@xds13.ferranti.com>
Date: 24 Jul 90 13:37:44 GMT
References: <file> <formats> <5378@darkstar.ucsc.edu>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
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Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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In article <5378@darkstar.ucsc.edu> peewee@ucschu.ucsc.edu (Paul Watson) writes:
> Is DCA text stored in a non-ascii form?

Yes, DCA text is stored in EBCDIC. Word Perfect uses DCA, too, and it's a
royal pain to convert it... not only is it EBCDIC, but it's one of those
IBM all-singing all-dancing kitchen-sink protocols. Probably not as bad as
Blue Glue (SNA), but pretty bad.

How it became a standard on the IBM-PC is something I *don't* want to know
about.
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