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I believe one of the major issues between EBCDIC and ASCII is that they are
not compatible, although translation programs exist. At one time (I seem to
recall from the late 60s), EBCDIC used 7 bits to encode informataion, but
according to Newton's Telecom Dictionary, it uses 8 bits, just like ASCII,
but these bits are interpreted differently.
On a related point, *must* you use the lengthy, passive sentence structure
of the original? Couldn't you simplify it to something like "Create your
files..." instead of "Files must be created..."? Or would that stick out
like the proverbial sore thumb?
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