[GreenKeys] computers and teletypes

[steve bennett]

 Been a long time since I heard the term EBCDIC.Thanks for the memory.-Steve AD8CI

    On Thursday, September 2, 2021, 08:07:13 PM EDT, Harold Hallikainen <harold at w6iwi.org> wrote:  
 
 

On Thu, September 2, 2021 11:47 pm, Keith Lueck wrote:
>  Harold -
> Glad you liked it!  
> This is a nit-picky point, but IBM *did* use 6-bit BCD before they came up
> with 8-bit EBCDIC...  I don't think EBCDIC was used until 1964 with the
> introduction of the System/360.  
> Keith

Thanks! That has also been pointed out by others.

Harold




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