10 May
2015
10 May
'15
5:42 a.m.
there is no such thing as a ascii 029. The code on the cards is fixed. Translation occurs
on the receiving side with a lookuptable.
On 10-05-15 10:56, Robert Jarratt wrote:
I recall back in the late 70s using an IBM 029 Card
Punch to punch cards for
the DECSYSTEM-20.
As I understand it, the 029 was an EBCDIC machine, but of course the
DECSYSTEM-20 was ASCII.
Does that mean there was an ASCII version of the 029, or that there was
something in the card reader software on TOPS-20 that converted EBCDIC to
ASCII?
Regards
Rob
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