Due to massive amounts of caffeine & sleep deprivation, William Donzelli said:
>> > DOes anyone have a computer which uses the EBCDIC character set,
rather than
>> > ASCII (did I get the acronym right? what does it stand for anyway)?
>>
>> I've never heard of a microcomputer that used EBCDIC,
>
>What did that original IBM personal computer disaster (5100) use?
AFAIK, the "disaster" used ASCII as well, but IIRC IBM wanted to make APL a
household word, and I think at first, they didn't even offer BASIC for it.
If y'all think OS-9 or Unix is cryptic, APL is *not* the programming
language for you. ;-)
See ya,
"Merch"
--
Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed,
Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should
zmerch_at_northernway.net | *not* be your first career choice.
Received on Tue Jun 17 1997 - 13:37:12 BST