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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: HELP! RUSH! need info on EBCDIC to ASCII conversion
Message-ID: <498@ecsvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 26-Sep-85 22:09:37 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 26 22:09:37 1985
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> In article <5896@cbscc.UUCP> tks@cbscc.UUCP (Tom Snow) writes:
> >I have a design need where I must convert between EBCDIC to ASCII code
> >and visa versa.
> >
> >The hardware I must interface to is an old IBM 360/50 hooked to an IBM
> >1052 console.
> 
> I should like to point out that the information going over to the 1052
> typer is more than likely not EBCDIC, but rather the classic Selectric
> typer "rotate/tilt" code.
> 
> 						Norm Crowfoot, RIT
Even when you have the EBCDIC, I remember another difference between EBCDIC
(as sent/received by a 360) and ASCII - they're sent in opposite bit orders.
(So you have to store reverse the ASCII in the 360 to send it.)
--henry schaffer


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