--On Wednesday, 02 February, 2005 14:19 -0500 Bruce Lilly <blilly@xxxxxxxxx> 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 _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf