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From: grt@hocda.UUCP (G.TOMASEVICH)
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Subject: ASCII Packed Decimal
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Date: Thu, 10-May-84 17:51:34 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 10 17:51:34 1984
Date-Received: Sat, 12-May-84 09:09:08 EDT
Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
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This refers to Eli Mantel's communication that Randolph J. Herber posted
concerning IBM 370 and ASCII.  It is ASCII digits packed two per 16-bit word.
As I recall, the 8086 supports it and has instructions like 'decimal adjust
for addition' to take care of the extra octal 60 which always carries in
addition, an extension of the carry correction for ordinary packed decimal.
	George Tomasevich, AT&T Bell Laboratories