> Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 14:06:14 -0600
> Subject: Re: symbols in FORTRAN
>
> > That's right. It definitely wasn't on either punch. The ^ is not in the EBCDIC
> > alphabet.
>
> ^ is character 95 (5F hex) in the EBCDIC character set.
>
> What you mean is that ^ was not in the set as supported by
> devices like the 026 punch in the '60s.
...and 70s and 80s.
The 026 punch was pre-EBCDIC.
The 029 punch was produced to support EBCDIC.
That punch supported the ^.
As another poster has indicated, the 029 (EBCDIC) code
is more recent.
> --
> J. Giles
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