From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca

On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 20:03:34 +0000, Lew Pitcher wrote:

> On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 20:47:37 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:
>
>> On 2025-12-27 20:17, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>>
>>> There is an ISO standard for 6-bit characters (ISO 646).
>>
>> I think you're confusing something here. ISO 646 (AKA IA5) is
>> a set of 7 bit character sets (with national variants) mostly
>> resembling ASCII.
>>
>> Janis
>
> If you trust Wikipedia, the article "Six Bit character code"
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-bit_character_code) mentions
> that "ISO Recommendation R 646-1967" included a 6bit code, which
> was dropped when they issued ISO 646-1973.
>
> I have neither standard available, so I can't confirm. However,
> I should note that the ECMA still publishes (and makes freely
> available) their version of ISO 646: ECMA-006 "7 Bit coded
> Character Set".

Apparently, ECMA still publishes (and makes available for free download)
their 6-bit characterset standard: ECMA-001
(https://ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-1/)



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