Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]

2020-03-20 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
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

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]

2020-03-20 Thread Mark Wieder via use-livecode
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

RE: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]

2020-03-20 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
...@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

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]

2020-03-20 Thread Paul Dupuis via use-livecode
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

Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]

2020-03-20 Thread doc hawk via use-livecode
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

RE: Guessing the encoding of a test file... [OT]

2020-03-20 Thread Ralph DiMola via use-livecode
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