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Subject: Re: accented alphabets and computers
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Date: Sat, 17-Oct-87 10:57:57 EDT
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In article <2418@mmintl.UUCP> franka@mmintl.UUCP (Frank Adams) writes:

: There *may* have been some machine, some time, which used 5 bit characters;
: but I doubt it.  5 bits is not enough to store an upper-case only alphabet
: and 10 digits.  (5 bit codes have been used in specialized data structures,
: where the data is known to be mono-case alphabetic.)  But basically, 6 bits
: is the minimum character size any computer has used; and 8 bit characters go
: all the way back.
: -- 
: 
: Frank Adams                           ihnp4!philabs!pwa-b!mmintl!franka
: Ashton-Tate          52 Oakland Ave North         E. Hartford, CT 06108

Don't forget the TELEX (Baudot) Code, most of our "modern" Telex Computers
have to deal with ... (5 bits/Case switching -Upper/Lower)

 Rupert Mohr