Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 14 Oct 1994.
Talk: 5 bit ASCII
rec.arts.ascii
· 1 message · 14 Oct 1994
On 12 Oct 1994 16:36:53 -0500, Bob Allison <bob...@wwa.com> wrote: >Roland Johansson <rol...@star.ct.se> wrote: >>Hello! >> >>Ascii-art is very old. This one is written in 5-bits TTY. (Only Capitals) >> >[Snip picture.] >> >>1:st price in 2nd DARC European RTTY Art Contest 1983 >> >>Made by ON7EU, Jan Cassimon >> >>RTTY stands for Radio_Tele_Type and is an old Transmission mode for >>amateurradio, also used in military communications. >> >>Are there any ham's out there? > > Oh, we've got plenty of hams on the ASCII groups ... oh you mean >amateur radio operators? I'm both... I'm a ham and a ham in one. > BTW, 5 bit all cops takes less space bitwise, but ALL CAPS IS HARD TO >READ. So, the 7 bit ASCII is used most widely on the Net. Does anybody >have a nice chart showing 5 and 7 bit ASCII characters? Post and-or email. I don't mind all-caps... of course, I also read headers on AX.25 packets out of boredom. Back in the OLD!!! days, 5 bit was luxury. Digital communication was just evolving, and noone had a clunky relay-operated printer that could handle more than 5 bits. SO THEY HAD TO MAKE DUE WITH ALL CAPS AND NO PUNCTUATION AND SMTMS LTTL ABRVTNS LK THS FUN EH So, be thankful for the fast computer sitting on your desk, and remember that this wonderful art form started a long time ago :-) [Soapbox mode OFF] -- Ryan Tucker Computer tamer at s179.infonet.net rtu...@ins.infonet.net http://www.infonet.net/showcase/rtucker
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