*>
*>
*> --On Wednesday, 02 February, 2005 14:19 -0500 Bruce Lilly
*> <blilly(_at_)erols(_dot_)com> wrote:
*>
*> >...
*> > Q: Why is the reference to "ASCII" given as the 1968 version
*> > rather than ANSI INCITS 4-1986 (R2002)? [N.B. no typos,
*> > the dates really are 1968 and 1986]
*> >...
*>
*> Because some incompatible changes were made in the ASCII
*> definition in the early 70s that would have fouled up the
*> "network virtual terminal" character set. You will find that
*> X3.4-1968 is referenced in most Internet applications protocols
*> that require an ASCII reference, include those for telnet, ftp,
*> and the email base protocols as well as the DNS ones.
*>
*> john
*>
Presumably, this is the character set defined in RFC 20 ...?
Bob
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