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Article #224Re: DCA format for text files.
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 1990 13:37
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 1990 13:37
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In article <5378@darkstar.ucsc.edu> peewee@ucschu.ucsc.edu (Paul Watson) writes: > Is DCA text stored in a non-ascii form? Yes, DCA text is stored in EBCDIC. Word Perfect uses DCA, too, and it's a royal pain to convert it... not only is it EBCDIC, but it's one of those IBM all-singing all-dancing kitchen-sink protocols. Probably not as bad as Blue Glue (SNA), but pretty bad. How it became a standard on the IBM-PC is something I *don't* want to know about. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180. 'U` <peter@ficc.ferranti.com>
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwm.edu!wuarchive!swbatl!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc Subject: Re: DCA format for text files. Keywords: DCA,file formats Message-ID: <G_V4+B4@xds13.ferranti.com> Date: 24 Jul 90 13:37:44 GMT References: <file> <formats> <5378@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Distribution: usa Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 10