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| From | jeremy ardley <jeremy.ardley@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Firefox alternatives? |
| Date | 2024-12-12 10:00 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <JSNd7-glN4-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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On 12/12/24 16:18, Bret Busby wrote: >> >> The first computer I was paid to write software for, in 1966, had >> 1,400 6-bit characters, not bytes, > > Wasn't that data type named EBCDIC, or something like that? That would be 6 bit BCD - a precursor to EBCDIC which was an IBM 8 bit encoding most commonly implemented using 80 column punch cards An alternative format for 80 column punch card format was Burroughs BCDIC 5 bit Baudot was also common in the early years.
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