Old ASCII (was: Re: Stupid CP/M question)

From: Philip.Belben_at_PowerTech.co.uk <(Philip.Belben_at_PowerTech.co.uk)>
Date: Mon Jan 11 12:15:10 1999

> (including the square brackets) after the PIP command. The syntax is
wierd
> but that's the way DEC did it in all of their operating systems, which
CP/M
> is based on. (Actually, they use the underscore which according to the
> pre-1968 (?) version of ASCII looked like a leftward-pointing arrow.)


PET has a left arrow for that code as well. Sensible, since underscore is
available elswhere in the character set (shift-$ IIRC) but I never knew it
used to be standard ASCII. What other changes have there been? Is there
any precedent for PET using up-arrow instead of circumflex?

Philip.
Received on Mon Jan 11 1999 - 12:15:10 GMT