Re: Xerox Character Code Standard (was 7-bit ASCII vs. 8-bit ASCII)

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From: Guy Harris
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 1989 10:40

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>However, ISO Latin 1 strings aren't necessarily in compressed Xerox format,
>because 255 is a printable character in ISO Latin, as I recall.

Yes, it is.  In ISO Latin #1, it's "y with a diaresis" (what language
uses that?).

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Subject: Re: Xerox Character Code Standard (was 7-bit ASCII vs. 8-bit ASCII)
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