X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 110f55,5a9a3c358183952d,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,5a9a3c358183952d,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,5a9a3c358183952d,start X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-10-12 14:47:56 PST Path: bga.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: 5 bit ASCII; Request: 5 & 7 bit ASCII charts Date: 12 Oct 1994 16:36:53 -0500 Organization: WorldWide Access - Chicago Area Internet Services 312-282-8605 708-367-1871 Lines: 37 Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <37hktl$re0@sashimi.wwa.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: sashimi.wwa.com Xref: bga.com rec.arts.ascii:2060 alt.ascii-art:12921 alt.binaries.pictures.ascii:1314 Roland Johansson wrote: >Hello! > >Ascii-art is very old. This one is written in 5-bits TTY. (Only Capitals) > [Snip picture.] > >1:st price in 2nd DARC European RTTY Art Contest 1983 > >Made by ON7EU, Jan Cassimon > >RTTY stands for Radio_Tele_Type and is an old Transmission mode for >amateurradio, also used in military communications. > >Are there any ham's out there? Oh, we've got plenty of hams on the ASCII groups ... oh you mean amateur radio operators? BTW, 5 bit all cops takes less space bitwise, but ALL CAPS IS HARD TO READ. So, the 7 bit ASCII is used most widely on the Net. Does anybody have a nice chart showing 5 and 7 bit ASCII characters? Post and-or email. -- ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// ////// // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // ////// // ////// ////// ///// // ////// // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // ////// ////// // // // // ////// ////// // // ////// ////////// ))))))^^))))))^^))^^))^^))^^))^^))))))^^))))))^^))^^))^^))))))^^))))))))))^^^ ~" (( (( (( (( (( (("~ ((~"^ ((~^ (( (( ^"((^ (( (( (( (( )))))) )) ^"~^ )))))) )))))) ))))) ^)) )))))) )) ~))^")) )) )) (( "~~ (( (( ^((^~(( (( (( ^~" (( ^"(( (( (( (( (("~((^ (( )))))) )))))) )))))) )))))) )))))) )))))) ))))))~ )))))) )) )) )) -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.-