"How to Implement a Text Encoder in .Net 2.0"

A .NET Architecture, Design & Development Journal - Howto Implement a Text Encoder in .Net 2.0

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The root is an abstract class called System.Text.Encoding.  This class is implemented in .Net for several encoding types including (but not limited to) ASCII, UTF-8 and Unicode.  This class is the starting point for building your own Encoding.  Visual Studio 2005 makes this super, super easy. 

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To help illustrate an actual implementation of an Encoder, I'll use this forum to release an encoder I wrote to help deal with text files written for the Commodore 8-bit computers.  One of the very first home computers was the Commodore PET 2001, which was a simple 6502 based computer released in 1977.  This computer came at a time when every mainframe had it's own way of representing text, and machines like the Apple II and Tandy TRS-80 were just coming out.  A complete descripton of PETSCII and a chart of the characters can be found at Wikipedia.

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This is one of those posts that has information I KNOW I'll need in the future, but won't be able to find...