On 28 Oct 2021 at 18:52:26, "Avi Gross" <avigross at verizon.net> wrote: > > Ages ago, IBM used a different encoding than ASCII called EBCDIC (Extended > Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code ) which let them use all 8 bits and > thus add additional symbols. =B1 =A6 =AC IBM started using EBCDIC with System 360 and it is still used on mainframes.