*> *> *> --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 *> Presumably, this is the character set defined in RFC 20 ...? Bob _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf