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{{Short description|Proprietary version of ASCII}} |
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'''Wang International Standard Code for Information Interchange''' (WISCII) is a proprietary version of [[ASCII]] used by [[Wang Laboratories|Wang Computer Corp]] on their [[personal computer]]s and [[minicomputer]]s in the 1980s. WISCII was used on the Wang PC (an IBM-PC compatible), as well as the Alliance APC, OIS, and VS systems. The first 126 characters were the same as ASCII (7-bit), but the remaining characters (ASCII 127-255), which consisted mostly of international letter symbols, were used only by Wang systems.<ref>[http://www.wang2200.org/docs/peripheral/2245-160_MatrixPrinterUsersGuide.700-8742.1-85.pdf#page=133 Appendix E: Printer Character Set], Model 2245/160 Matrix Printer User's Guide, 1985</ref><ref name=wang1983>[http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/wang/vs/800-1149-01_VS_Multi-Station_Users_Ref_Dec83.pdf 800-1149-01_VS_Multi-Station_Users_Ref_Dec83.pdf], 1983</ref><ref>[http://www.1000bit.it/ad/bro/wang/WANG-LaptopComputerOverView.pdf WANG-LaptopComputerOverView.pdf] - 1986</ref> |
'''Wang International Standard Code for Information Interchange''' (WISCII) is a proprietary version of [[ASCII]] used by [[Wang Laboratories|Wang Computer Corp]] on their [[personal computer]]s and [[minicomputer]]s in the 1980s. WISCII was used on the Wang PC (an IBM-PC compatible), as well as the Alliance APC, OIS, and VS systems. The first 126 characters were the same as ASCII (7-bit), but the remaining characters (ASCII 127-255), which consisted mostly of international letter symbols, were used only by Wang systems.<ref>[http://www.wang2200.org/docs/peripheral/2245-160_MatrixPrinterUsersGuide.700-8742.1-85.pdf#page=133 Appendix E: Printer Character Set], Model 2245/160 Matrix Printer User's Guide, 1985</ref><ref name=wang1983>[http://bitsavers.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/pdf/wang/vs/800-1149-01_VS_Multi-Station_Users_Ref_Dec83.pdf 800-1149-01_VS_Multi-Station_Users_Ref_Dec83.pdf], 1983</ref><ref>[http://www.1000bit.it/ad/bro/wang/WANG-LaptopComputerOverView.pdf WANG-LaptopComputerOverView.pdf] - 1986</ref> |
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