Re: LZ: f-term
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barrym wrote:
>
> On Fri, 4 Oct 1996, BrianR wrote:
>
> > A.K.A. TheWiz wrote:
> > >
> > > > the ti-85 does not conform to standard ASCII so that would be one of the
> > > It does from 32-128, which is all the standard & international characters.
> > >
> >
> > Characters below 32 and above 128 are OEM specific. On the PC, they
> > comprise line drawing characters, etc. But these are not defined by the
> > ASCII specification.
>
>
> The characters from 0 to 31 are ANSI characters, I believe.
> They're used for control characters and were originally
> defined to take care of the needs of teletyps. Most aren't
> needed most of the time in modern computers and they tend to
> get re-defined somewhat. But I do think they're part of the
> ANSI spec.
>
> You are correct about the ones above 128.
The _MEANING_ of these keys is defined, but the keys on the keyboard the
represent and the characters (ie, 01 is a happy face on the PC, etc.)
are not. That is OEM specific.
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