Re: About rendering ascii code in a .txt medium
From Martin Atkins <zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz>
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· 27 Sep 1998 00:00 · View full thread
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.----- On Fri, 25 Sep 1998 22:54:51 GMT, Pete Casso posted: | |The ascii standard does not contain any quotes along the lines of "It is |limited to ..." If you disagree, please post quote, I can't post a quote that |does not exist. | |The coding table merely defines ascii code. It does not define any |limitations, no need to concede anything. | '-------------------------- Pete, ASCII is at most an 8-bit character set. There are 8 bits to every byte of a file. Therefore it is not possible to increase the ascii character set to any more bits without severly changing several things in any operating system ever invented. |\/| _..__|_o._ /\_|_| o._ _ mart.atkins@-- | |(_|| |_|| | /--\|_|<|| |_> --bigfoot.com
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,de3737aab10fae64 X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public From: zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz (Martin Atkins) Subject: Re: About rendering ascii code in a .txt medium Date: 1998/09/27 Message-ID: <360...@news.vossnet.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 395609681 References: <Pin...@onyx.southwind.net> <360...@sympatico.ca> <6u9edj$9e...@vccsouth-21.rcs.rpi.edu> <360...@sympatico.ca> <Pin...@onyx.southwind.net> <360...@sympatico.ca> <Pin...@onyx.southwind.net> <360...@sympatico.ca> <6uf8e3$7p...@cii3130-22.rcs.rpi.edu> <360...@sympatico.ca> X-Complaints-To: abu...@cableinet.net X-Trace: news3.cableinet.co.uk 906895146 26034 195.188.10.2 (27 Sep 1998 11:19:06 GMT) Organization: Cable Internet (post doesn't reflect views of Cable Internet) Reply-To: zne...@ovtsbbg.pbz NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Sep 1998 11:19:06 GMT Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
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