error in dd conv=ascii

[pdl at root44.UUCP]

Oh dear, when will people realise that `EBCDIC' is meaningless.
See the BUGS section in dd(1) for where those tables come from, and for why
not to use them unless you're SURE that they ARE correct.
(I know of at least 3 different manufacturer's `EBCDIC's which are ALL different
(DEC, Burroughs & IBM all seem to disagree on minor points), and that's
without going into the funny business of printers, which generally seem
to disagree even more.
There are two solutions to the problem:
1)	roll your own translator (possibly using tr)
2)	defenestrate everybody who even thinks about EBCDIC,
	to ensure non-recurrence of the problem (IBM, I hope you're listening).

			Dave Lukes
			...!vax135!ukc!root44!pdl (in ASCII not EBCDIC, please)