clements@bbn.com (10/04/89)
andyb@coat.com writes: >[In the code used on 5-level TTY machines] The most common letters >of the English alphabet (ETAIONSHRDL....) and the word separators >(space, return, line feed) have the codes with the fewest number of >marking bits. > >Does anyone know why this is so? To minimize the wear on the pins in the paper tape punches. (I know, I've refurbished a number of those punches in my day.) Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com