[ih] AT&T, carterfone, the 103, and why didnt BBSs start earlier?

[Randy Bush]

> Talk about apples and oranges. "Algol not ascii"?  ;-)

<trying to stick to comms here as opposed to a geriatric contest>

the serial controller on the first 360s (ebcdic machines) had an ascii
mode.  when you ran a line to the old dual-lobed pdp-8's serial, the
bits arrived in the reverse order.  the 360's translate op came in
handy.

serial comms has kinda been the armpit for a long time.

randy