On Mar 20, 2020, at 12:51 PM, Ralph DiMola via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> 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
