Hello Michiel!

27 May 19 14:35, you wrote to me:

 MvdV> Baudot code has only one case. Most machines using Baudot code display
 MvdV> lower case.

 It is some time ago, but in my memory all messages in the TELEX system were
 presented in Uppercase

 MvdV> Morse code also has just one case. But unlike Baudot code, it is
 MvdV> extendible and while in its orginal form it just had 26 letters, the
 MvdV> digits 0-9 and a handfull special chaacters, later codes for accented
 MvdV> and umlauted characters were added. The latest addition is .--.-. (@)

 The use of Morse is not practical in binary fixed word systems. It was
 born in a time, where bandwith was a liniting factor. Most computer
 encodings were born where memory/storage was a limiting factor.

 Extendible systems have administrative overhead.

Kees

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