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From: wtwolfe@hubcap.clemson.edu (Bill Wolfe)
Newsgroups: comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: 7-bit ASCII vs. 8-bit ASCII
Message-ID: <5200@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 89 19:46:29 GMT
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   [This followup was sent to me by Barry Sigfried, who
    requested that I post it to comp.std.internat...]

From: bs7086@wucs2.wustl.edu (Barry Siegfried)
Subject: Re: 7-bit ASCII vs. 8-bit ASCII
Summary: Byte article on 8-bit ASCII draft standard

In article <5153@hubcap.clemson.edu>, billwolf%hazel.cs.clemson.edu@hubcap.clemson.edu (William Thomas Wolfe,2847,) writes:
>
>      8-bit ASCII is simply the American Standard corresponding to
>      ISO Latin 1, ISO 8859/1-9.  The statement of equivalence, and 
>      a table displaying the character set, appeared in Byte several 
>      years ago (circa 1985-1987); unfortunately, I don't remember the
>      exact issue, nor have I ever gotten around to looking it up.  [...]
>
>      At any rate, check Byte over roughly that time span, and post the
>      *exact* reference for the rest of us, if you would...

The Byte article (August 1985, pp 24-25) was written by Thomas N. Hastings 
of Maynard, MA, and was titled "8-bit ASCII Draft Standard."  It was a 
letter to the editor.

Please post this to comp.std.internat.  I can read that group but can't 
post to it.

Thanks,
Barry Siegfried
bs7086@wucs2.wustl.edu