The Tortuous Path of Early Programming. In the perpetual darkness more than two miles below the surface of the North Atlantic, a submersible sled slowly traced the alpine contours of the ocean bottom in the summer of 1985. Named the Argo after the ship in which the legendary Greek Hero Jason sought the Golden Fleece, the 16-foot-long craft resembled a section of scaffolding flung on its side and stuffed with equipment, Powerful lights, sonar, Video cameras. …showed first 75 words of 3592 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3592 total…assigned to the combinations were the letters, numerals and punctuation mark of a standard teleprinter keyboard. For Example, a slash (/), or "stroke" to the British, stood for 00000, or zero, an R stood for 01010, and so up to a £, representing 11111. That is the end of part one of the four part series. Please download or read the following files in the near future. I hope that you find this file helpfull. Bibliography Time - Warner Books,