Antoine Leca scripsit: > Sorry, no: there is no requirement to clear it. > You are assuming something about the way data are handled. When you handle > ASCII data using octets, you can perfectly, and conformantly, keep some > other "data" (being parity or whatever) inside the 8th bit; so with even > parity AT SIGN will be managed as 192, without any kind of problem (for > you).
Indeed, the DEC PDP-8 stored ASCII data with the high bit always set, for compatibility with the way in which ASR-33 Teletypes generated ASCII. So I grew up thinking of 'A' as 301 (octal). I believe that PR1ME computers did this too. -- But you, Wormtongue, you have done what you could for your true master. Some reward you have earned at least. Yet Saruman is apt to overlook his bargains. I should advise you to go quickly and remind him, lest he forget your faithful service. --Gandalf John Cowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
