Even more so, 6-bit characters were often used (supporting upper case only), in order to squeeze six characters into a word. Great for filenames and user id's.

Even more so, 6-bit characters were often used (supporting upper case only), in order to squeeze six characters into a word. Great for filenames and user id's. And for text files, 7-bit was enough to get upper and lower case and all the symbols, and you could pack five characters into a word. What could be better?