1.0.30.41: Octets support for ebcdic-us

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@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@ changes relative to sbcl-1.0.30:
   * improvement: stack allocation is should now be possible in all nested
     inlining cases: failure to stack allocate when equivalent code is manually
     open coded is now considered a bug.
-  * improvement: the Unicode character database has been upgraded to the
-    Unicode 5.1 standard, giving names and properties to a number of new
-    characters, and providing a few extra characters with case
-    transformations.
-  * improvement: the system now recognizes and produces names for Unicode
-    Hangul syllable characters.
+  * improvements related to Unicode: 
+    ** the Unicode character database has been upgraded to the
+       Unicode 5.1 standard, giving names and properties to a number of new
+       characters, and providing a few extra characters with case
+       transformations.
+    ** the system now recognizes and produces names for Unicode Hangul 
+       syllable characters.
+    ** the EBCDIC-US external-format is now supported for octet operations
+       (as well as for stream operations).
   * new feature: experimental :EMIT-CFASL parameter to COMPILE-FILE can
     be used to output toplevel compile-time effects into a separate .CFASL
     file.