Re: HISTORY: Cash & Credit

Chris Marrin (cmarrin@ariel.engr.sgi.com)
Thu, 29 Jun 1995 17:07:00 -0700

> I would like to know who "invented" ASCII. Anybody know?

I did. It is a little known fact that the original acronym was:

"Alphanumeric Symbols Chris Identifies as Interesting"

Really. It's true...

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