
| -----Original Message----- | From: boost-bounces@lists.boost.org | [mailto:boost-bounces@lists.boost.org] On Behalf Of Andy Little | Sent: 08 June 2006 11:39 | To: boost@lists.boost.org | Subject: Re: [boost] [review] pqs | In the output area one think lacking is going beyond ASCII. | It would be nice to output Ohms as O rather than R for example. | Any help with that would be appreciated too. It all goes back to 8 hole paper tape - where one hole was misguidedly reserved for parity. One of the Great Computing Disasters :-(( (Thankfully, magnetic 1/2 inch tape was made 9 track, or we would have 7 bits per byte). Paul --- Paul A Bristow Prizet Farmhouse, Kendal, Cumbria UK LA8 8AB +44 1539561830 & SMS, Mobile +44 7714 330204 & SMS pbristow@hetp.u-net.com