ACII, ISCII, Unicode [was: CSX+ fonts &c]

[John Smith]

On Tue, 22 Jun 1999, James E. Agenbroad wrote:

> > > What is the meaning of the acronym ACII?
> >
> > "Alphabetic Code for Information Interchange".
>
> Is this equivalent to ASCII, the American national standard for
> information interchange or its international counterpart, ISO 646?

No, it refers to an eight-bit system in which the bottom half is seven-bit
ASCII and the top half is seven-bit ISCII. This is the normal deployment
of ISCII.

John Smith

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