Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]
On Mar 20, 2020, at 4:04 PM, Mark Wieder via use-livecode wrote: > > Even Morse code got a new character recently. But does livecode support that character? :) ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]
On 3/20/20 1:47 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode wrote: They created a *new* five bit, shifted code, rather than just using Baudot Even Morse code got a new character recently. -- Mark Wieder ahsoftw...@gmail.com ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
RE: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]
It was essentially Baudot on the way in(some special char diffs) then shifted to numeric on the way out. As I remember the shifted numeric was not any of the existing Baudot variants. Alpha Stock symbols in and numeric stock quotes out. If I remember correctly the first 2 chars selected a head on a magnetic drum and then waited for the last chars match on that head. Every user just had a new card plugged in. Reponses time was not user dependent. 1 user or 1k users. A query just had to wait for rotational latency. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of doc hawk via use-livecode Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 4:48 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: doc hawk Subject: Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT] On Mar 20, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote: > > Just for a laugh... one of the more esoteric codings I used in the quasi modern error (besides EBCDIC) was the 5 bit Quotron stock ticker system in the mid 90s. It used different codes for requesting/receiving quotes because 2^5 is only 32 possible characters. Alpha in/numeric out. They created a *new* five bit, shifted code, rather than just using Baudot ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]
On 3/20/2020 4:47 PM, doc hawk via use-livecode wrote: On Mar 20, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote: Just for a laugh... one of the more esoteric codings I used in the quasi modern error (besides EBCDIC) was the 5 bit Quotron stock ticker system in the mid 90s. It used different codes for requesting/receiving quotes because 2^5 is only 32 possible characters. Alpha in/numeric out. They created a *new* five bit, shifted code, rather than just using Baudot From a guessEncoding perspective, you just scan the bytes and if all byte values are in the 0-31 range, you have a 5-bit code. Then it get harder to determine whether it is Quotron or Baudot... ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]
On Mar 20, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode wrote: > > Just for a laugh... one of the more esoteric codings I used in the quasi > modern error (besides EBCDIC) was the 5 bit Quotron stock ticker system in > the mid 90s. It used different codes for requesting/receiving quotes because > 2^5 is only 32 possible characters. Alpha in/numeric out. They created a *new* five bit, shifted code, rather than just using Baudot ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
RE: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]
Just for a laugh... one of the more esoteric codings I used in the quasi modern error (besides EBCDIC) was the 5 bit Quotron stock ticker system in the mid 90s. It used different codes for requesting/receiving quotes because 2^5 is only 32 possible characters. Alpha in/numeric out. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net -Original Message- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of doc hawk via use-livecode Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 2:13 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: doc hawk Subject: Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... On Mar 20, 2020, at 11:09 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode wrote: > > Okay, now you going for the low blow :-)\ What part of “lawyer” wasn’t clear? B b :_) > Next, you'll be suggesting I need to check for EBCDIC encodings! That will be a start, but it’s not done until you include Baudot. Morse, however, is optional . . . ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
