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From: nigel.allen@canremote.uucp (NIGEL ALLEN)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: Baud
Message-ID: <89121507191967@masnet.uucp>
Date: 13 Dec 89 12:35:00 GMT
Organization: Canada Remote Systems Limited, Mississauga, ON, Canada
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I believe that there was a Mr. Baudot in the nineteenth century who
developed a five-level code which evolved into the one still used in
Telex transmissions. (Only having 32 characters meant that you had to
toggle between letters mode and figures mode by sending a special
character.)  Does anyone else know anything further about Baudot, when
he lived, where he worked, etc?  (I'm writing this note from memory,
since our university library won't open for an hour or two.)
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