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From: gs732@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re:8-bit ASCII on UNIX
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Date: 16 Apr 88 17:07:00 GMT
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Re:8-bit ASCII on UNIX

Reply to ken@cs.rochester.edu

I agree with you on every point at which you made comment.
But, where do you make your everyday note while you are working?
Isn't it on your notebook, at best, with three holes for binding?
I wish I could make everyday note on a computer in a file (kind of a
hypertext file) which is really portable.

   As long as the 8th bit is not being utilized, it is not a big deal to have a
new standard for it.  Let's make it to the point.  Suppose there are two
OS worlds.  Every situation is the same except the 8th bit utilization
between the two OS's.  There is no compatibility problem in one direction
in the plain 
text mode.  Now, given the two OS worlds with the same number of
implementations, which world will you choose?

                                 Hugh   gs732@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
                                        song@uispg.csl.uiuc.edu