26 Oct
2006
26 Oct
'06
2:15 p.m.
I was at work and needed an EBCDIC code, came across this. A useful link if
you are using the old hardware and need a old code.
http://www.lookuptables.com/
Billy
26 Oct
26 Oct
3:48 p.m.
I was at work and needed an EBCDIC code, came across
this. A useful link if
you are using the old hardware and need a old code.
http://www.lookuptables.com/
Billy
You mean you don't have how to create your own EBCDIC table memorized? I
memorized it over 16 years ago, and oddly enough I still remember it.
Zane
5:22 p.m.
On 10/27/06, Zane H. Healy <healyzh at aracnet.com> wrote:
I used to use EBCDIC on a regular basis when I made HASP/3780/SNA
gear... now, I think I can only remember 'space' and the numbers.*
-ethan
* - for the uninitiated, the space char is the only char in common
with ASCII, 0x20, and the numbers are 0xF0-0xF9 vs 0x30-0x39 for
ASCII.
I was at work
and needed an EBCDIC code, came across this. A useful link if
you are using the old hardware and need a old code.
http://www.lookuptables.com/
You mean you don't have how to create your own EBCDIC table memorized? I
memorized it over 16 years ago, and oddly enough I still remember it. 
5:47 p.m.
On 27 Oct 2006 at 13:22, Ethan Dicks wrote:
* - for the uninitiated, the space char is the only
char in common
with ASCII, 0x20, and the numbers are 0xF0-0xF9 vs 0x30-0x39 for
ASCII.
Uh, Ethan? Space in EBCDIC is 0x40. And the letters are spaced the
same way (according to card code) as they were in the old BCD code:
C1-C9 "A' through "I" 12-1 through 12-9
D1-D9 "J" through "R" 11-1 through 11-9
E2-E9 "S" through "Z" 0-2 through 0-9
Which, as bizarre as it looks, made sense on a decimal machine like
the 7080--with the exception of a one-position gap between R and S,
the alpha characters were consecutive. On binary machines like the
S/360, there were larger "holes".
Punctuation is a lot harder to remember because the EBCDIC and BCD
card codes were different for several common characters. About the
only other thing I can recall is that 0-8-2 was a record mark in both
systems.
Cheers,
Chuck
5:50 p.m.
On 10/27/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 27 Oct 2006 at 13:22, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Whoops... I remember less than I thought I did.
-ethan
* - for the uninitiated, the space char is the
only char in common
with ASCII, 0x20, and the numbers are 0xF0-0xF9 vs 0x30-0x39 for
ASCII.
Uh, Ethan? Space in EBCDIC is 0x40. 
27 Oct
27 Oct
7:08 a.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
On 10/27/06, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com>
wrote:
The thing to remember was that Space was 0x40 in EBCDIC (hex) and 040 in
ASCII (octal).
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On 27 Oct 2006 at 13:22, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Whoops... I remember less than I thought I did. * - for the uninitiated, the space char is the
only char in common
with ASCII, 0x20, and the numbers are 0xF0-0xF9 vs 0x30-0x39 for
ASCII.
Uh, Ethan? Space in EBCDIC is 0x40. 
26 Oct
26 Oct
6:15 p.m.
C1-C9 "A' through "I" 12-1
through 12-9
D1-D9 "J" through "R" 11-1 through 11-9
E2-E9 "S" through "Z" 0-2 through 0-9
Which, as bizarre as it looks, made sense on a decimal
machine like
the 7080--with the exception of a one-position gap between R and S,
the alpha characters were consecutive.
Ummm...what about D0? Isn't that a hole between I and J? And isn't
the gap between R and S two-position, because of E0?
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8:06 p.m.
On 26 Oct 2006 at 21:15, der Mouse wrote:
Ummm...what about D0? Isn't that a hole between I
and J? And isn't
the gap between R and S two-position, because of E0?
You're right., it's been a long day! None of the letters uses the 0
punch, except as a zone punch.
You can see how BCD and EBCDIC codes line up with punch codes and why
the strange gaps in the alpha sequence are present:
http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/80col.html
Cheers,
Chuck
1 Nov
1 Nov
7:52 p.m.
On Thu, 26 Oct 2006, Chuck Guzis wrote:
You can see how BCD and EBCDIC codes line up with
punch codes and why
the strange gaps in the alpha sequence are present:
http://homepages.cwi.nl/~dik/english/codes/80col.html
That's a really usefull site. Thanks for posting it, I'll keep it
bookmarked.
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