On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 9:18 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 04/12/2018 06:23 AM, Diane Bruce wrote: > > \ > I could see lots of problems doing it any other way, just from the > viewpoint of 'C'. A character on the Cyber 70/170 series is either 6 > bits or 12 bits, if extensions are used. That's not to say that in a > character string, *all* characters are either 6 bits or 12 bits, but can > be a mixture, with certain 6-bit codes used as "escape" codes signaling > a 12 bit character code. Two null characters have to be placed in the > low-order 12 bits of a word to signal an end of line, so that EOL can be > anywhere from 12 to 60 bits. > And, if memory serves, the ":" was coded as a null character, causing it to disappear from the end of a line. -- Charles
