EBCDIC

From: Ward Griffiths and/or Lisa Rogers <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Wed Jun 18 08:29:53 1997

On Tue, 17 Jun 1997, Uncle Roger wrote:

> My HP3000 can write mag tapes in EBCDIC.
>
> EBCDIC: Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code (From the Acronym
> Database on the 'web.)

And using the 'dd' command, any Unix system can translate between ASCII
and EBCDIC.

--
Ward Griffiths
"America is at that awkward stage.  It's too late to work within 
the system, but too early to shoot the bastards." --Claire Wolfe

Received on Wed Jun 18 1997 - 08:29:53 BST