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From: nukim@ndsuvax.UUCP (kyongsok kim)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: 7-bit ASCII vs. 8-bit ASCII
Message-ID: <2568@ndsuvax.UUCP>
Date: 17 Apr 89 19:21:01 GMT
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Organization: North Dakota State University  Fargo, ND
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In article <2542@ndsuvax.UUCP> nukim@ndsuvax.UUCP (kyongsok kim) writes:
:
:    In some book, I found that there is a 8-bit ASCII-8 code,
:which is different from the 7-bit code w/ a leading zero prefixed.
:The book says that, for example, "A" is 1010 0001 and "1" is 0101 0001
:in 8-ASCII code.

Thanks to all who responded to my question.  Here goes the summary:

> The original IBM System 360 had a special ASCII-8 mode ...
> It was never implemented...
>
> ... a form that IBM introduced with the 360 back in the 1960s.  It
> was not a superset of standard ASCII and died a quiet death.  That may
> be what your book was referring to.  If so, ignore it except for
> computer archeology purposes.
>
> I know of no systems where any such 8-bit ASCII code is used.
>

k kim


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