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From: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
Newsgroups: rec.games.misc,comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: zork decoding
Message-ID: <574@nitrex.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 11-Nov-87 12:13:51 EST
Article-I.D.: nitrex.574
Posted: Wed Nov 11 12:13:51 1987
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Reply-To: rbl@nitrex.UUCP ( Dr. Robin Lake )
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Xref: mnetor rec.games.misc:1154 comp.sys.apple:3295

In article <1363@bgsuvax.UUCP> denbeste@bgsuvax.UUCP (William C. DenBesten) writes:
>in article <400@ur-tut.UUCP>, dmw3@ur-tut.UUCP (David M Walsh Jr.) says:
>> Xref: bgsuvax rec.games.misc:816 comp.sys.apple:2495
>> 
>> 
>>    Well I heard a few years back that Infocom used a 3/2 encoding scheme.
>> They put 3 characters into 2 bytes by only using 5 bits per character.
>> This leaves 1 extra bit for God knows what.
>
Has anyone looked into DEC's "Rad50" coding as used on the PDP-11?
It was a 3/2 scheme.

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Rob Lake
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