Wang paper tape format?

[Joe R.]

    I have a Flexowriter and I'm pretty certain that it doesn't use 8 bit
code. IIRC It uses five or six bits. I'll try to remember to go look tomorrow.

    Joe


At 12:57 PM 6/24/05 -0400, you wrote:
>>>>>> "Vintage" == Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> writes:
>
> Vintage> I have some paper tapes that I'm trying to read and I have
> Vintage> good reason to believe they are from a Wang machine of some
> Vintage> type.
>
> Vintage> They seem to hold some sort of document.  The writing on the
> Vintage> tape indicates a section number and "pages".
>
> Vintage> The tape is 8-level.  The 8th bit seems to be used as some
> Vintage> sort of end-of-line or end-of-record marker.  The 7th bit
> Vintage> seems to be parity.  So the actual symbol codes are likely
> Vintage> 6-bit.
>
>I don't have the specific code at hand or in my memory, but that
>sounds a lot like a common Flexowriter code.  8th bit by itself for
>carriage return fits, as does parity in bit 7.
>
>	 paul
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