Eric Fischer

• The history of ASCII and other character codes. This is in PDF format; I promise to get an HTML version up here eventually.

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• How to cheat and make fudge in a microwave
• The history of computers and other neat technology
• How they make Jello, according to the Chicago Tribune
• Restored after many years! transit, particularly the Chicago Transit Authority's "El"
• My Usenix paper
• An out-of-date software page
• I have translated (badly) some articles about pioneering telegrapher Émile Baudot:
  • Obituary,
  • Life and Work,
  • Baudot and his Works, and
  • the CCIT's adoption of the baud as a unit of communications speed.