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From: dnewton@sdsioa.UUCP (David Newton X46273)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran
Subject: overpunches, Hollerith code, ascii.
Keywords: ancient history
Message-ID: <246@sdsioa.UUCP>
Date: 14 Sep 88 23:29:37 GMT
Organization: Scripps Insitution of Oceanography, La Jolla, Ca.
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   I've got some 80 character/record formatted ascii data.
   The format's specification says "11" and "12" overpunches occur in
 certain columns.
   What I know:
         punched digits 0 to 9 show as is.
         punched digits 1 to 9 plus a "12" overpunch show as A to I.
         punched digits 1 to 9 plus an "11" overpunch show as J to R.
 
   It appears that a punched 11-0 shows as a "}" (right curly brace), but
 I'm not sure why and I wonder if it's universal.  Secondly, I'd
 like to know what a 12-0 shows as.  Thanks.

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  David Newton  Scripps Instn. of Oceanog. (U.C. San Diego)
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