Inquiring minds: why did Burroughs use EBCDIC? Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 27, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Mike Schwab <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Nov 27, 2016 at 4:53 PM, Edward Gould <[email protected]> wrote: > <snippage> > IBM came out with the 80 column card. > BCD was the 6 bit representation of the card punches. > EBCDIC was the 8 bit extension to BCD for the IBM 360. > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
