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From: ahe@k.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Wolfe)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: draft ANSI standard:  one change that would *really* help Europe
Message-ID: <1643@k.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: Fri, 5-Dec-86 12:21:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec  5 12:21:54 1986
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Summary: Oops... 8-bit ascii standard was read in BYTE on august 2, 1985, so the issue was probably September 1985  (not Feb. 1986...)
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In article <1637@k.cc.purdue.edu>, ahe@k.cc.purdue.edu (Bill Wolfe) writes:
>   Actually, as mentioned in Byte magazine about 9-10 months ago, ANSI is
>   in the process of soliciting comments regarding its proposed 8-bit ASCII
>   standard, which does contain 7-bit ASCII as its first 128 characters, and
>   includes all the European characters in the upper 128... check the Letters
>   section of Byte, around February 1986 or so for the exact positions of the
>   various characters in the proposed standard...
>   
>				      Bill Wolfe (ahe!k.cc.purdue.edu...)
>					   
>				      Purdue University Computing Center

    Make that the August or September 1985 issues...