16 Feb
2025
16 Feb
'25
1:21 p.m.
On 16/02/2025 20:51, paul.kimpel--- via cctalk wrote:
I don't understand -- ASCII had only two versions,
1963 and 1967, and both had square brackets. The IBM PC used ASCII, but had nothing to do
with its standardization.
I can't find the context for this, but it was early
EBCDIC devices which
lacked square brackets, and there was a big debate in the academic world
where to put them in the code page...
https://x3270.miraheze.org/wiki/Why_are_the_square_bracket_characters_displ…
... and here is a 3270 keyboard....
https://sharktastica.co.uk/directory?id=94OROEAU
Dave