EBCDIC
From Just Solve the File Format Problem
Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code to its friends. EBCDIC was used in a number of old IBM systems in the pre-PC era. The IBM PC, however, used ASCII like most modern computers.
- Wikipedia entry on EBCDIC
- http://www.simotime.com/asc2ebc1.htm - ASCII to EBCDIC translation tables
- http://www.terena.org/activities/multiling/euroml/section05.html - A history and chart of EBCDIC