Frank Battat, Liberty Gold Fruit Co., Inc., San Francisco,

California

This patch eliminates the use of stripped ASCII code For

packing, instead the logic subtracts the number 237₈ from

each ASCII code. This allows ASCII codes 240₈ through 336₈

to be packed two per word but allows for a more efficient

unpacking routine.

Minimum Hardware:	PDP-8 with Disk or DECtape
Other Programs Needed:	PAL-D (DEC-D8-ASAB-PB)
Source Language:	PAL-D
Catalog:	July 1973