[GreenKeys] Selectric Printer

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Mon Nov 24 13:18:21 EST 2014


On Mon, 24 Nov 2014, Dave G4UGM wrote:

> There used to be a document in IBM that described the differences 
> between the different character sets used in IBM as "Office Systems", 
> mid range and mainframes all used a slightly different rang of 
> characters. The only problem was that whilst it was viewable, it was 
> virtually un-printable. I seem to remember the tables in the end had 
> descriptions of the character that should appear , but wouldn't....

No wonder "EBCDIC" was used as a swear word in some circles.

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