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by the way there is similar similar to base64 algorithm used in oberon system. there were commands AsciiCoder.Decode and AsciiCoder.Encode and several files could be archived in such archives. if i remember correctly the arche extensin is .Arc but has nothing to do with the .arc we know from dos times.
May 01 · 4 weeks ago
♊️ pollux [OP] · May 02 at 13:29:
@requiem - exactly, a few edge cases makes base26 useful, compared to base64. No errors when using it for Fax/OCR and the Diana Cryptosystem, or Dein Star, when speaking a foreign language.
base26 — I find base26 pretty cool, compared to, for example, base16, base32, base64 etc. Why? Check out the README, to get an idea. Not to mention useful for Telefax/OCR as well.