26 Feb
2005
26 Feb
'05
5:47 p.m.
From: "Fred Cisin" <cisin at xenosoft.com>
Subject: Re: origins of IBM 3740 diskette format
Yes, but,...
In FORTRAN, columns 73 - 80 are reserved for housekeeping, such as
resequencing dropped decks.
THerefore, the information content in FORTRAN could be said to be 72 bytes
per card, NOT 80.
That was the same for IBM (DOS) Assembler, Cobol (73-80) and RPG-II (column
1-5 IIRC).
Nico