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That "baudot" code looks like it's 7 bits wide (4 bits to the left of the feed holes represented by "." and 3 bits to the right) Were there extra spaces insert
by pleonastic 6y ago
That "baudot" code looks like it's 7 bits wide (4 bits to the left of the feed holes represented by "." and 3 bits to the right)
Were there extra spaces inserted somewhere?
- 082349872349872 6y agoIt's meant to be an homage (programage?) to /usr/games/ppt but my memories could easily have suffered bitrot. There was an extra newline. (according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudot_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudot_code AT&T used post-1963 encodings)
- pleonastic 6y agoOh right, it's just ASCII. I initially thought that it was a 5-bit Baudot code until I realised that it didn't make much sense in any 5-bit encoding. I was trying to work out how an editor would've screwed up the formatting without breaking the vertical line on the right which probably why I was so confused. I'm amused to see that ppt(6) is still kicking around in OpenBSD (in the "games" base installation package) and is probably still sitting quietly on many machines today (have Apple removed it from OS X?).
- 082349872349872 6y agoyes, they have :(