Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 11:20:48 -0300 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Single User Message-ID: <CA%2ByoEx8Jk_sceftUUuXi5Hq0Vq2TS=dgAgz7cJ5HweF9u0H5Gg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <24632e11-1a86-8553-cf44-d29aa40a6858@kicp.uchicago.edu> References: <91d28f49-1c1b-d2bf-5fd6-8b2e206ee6c7@andyit.com.au> <20220519132547.6b8cbb36.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <24632e11-1a86-8553-cf44-d29aa40a6858@kicp.uchicago.edu>
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--00000000000044978805df5e150d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:51 AM Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote: > > > On 5/19/22 9:25 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, 16 May 2022 01:44:57 +1000 > > Andy Farkas <andyf@andyit.com.au> wrote: > > > >> "Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:" > >> > >> I haven't seen a RETURN key on a keyboard for many many decades.. > >> > >> -andyf > >> > >> > > > > ENTER and RETURN are two different keys. > > > > Are no mainframe guys here who still know this? > > > > I am old enough to remember this. Do we remember CR/LF as in "carriage > return" and "line feed"? > > ;-) > > Valeri > > > Erich > > Man .. I'm old! I even know where these terms came from. They're typewriter terms . When you reached the end of the line on the paper being typed, you had to crank a lever to roll the paper one line up (LINE FEED) and use the lever to return (push) the carriage to the first position of the new line (CARRIAGE RETURN). -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!] --00000000000044978805df5e150d Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail= _attr">On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:51 AM Valeri Galtsev <<a href=3D"mailt= o:galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu">galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu</a>> wrote:<br></= div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;bor= der-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br> <br> On 5/19/22 9:25 AM, Erich Dollansky wrote:<br> > Hi,<br> > <br> > On Mon, 16 May 2022 01:44:57 +1000<br> > Andy Farkas <<a href=3D"mailto:andyf@andyit.com.au" target=3D"_blan= k">andyf@andyit.com.au</a>> wrote:<br> > <br> >> "Enter full pathname of shell or RETURN for /bin/sh:"<br= > >><br> >> I haven't seen a RETURN key on a keyboard for many many decade= s..<br> >><br> >> -andyf<br> >><br> >><br> > <br> > ENTER and RETURN are two different keys.<br> > <br> > Are no mainframe guys here who still know this?<br> > <br> <br> I am old enough to remember this. Do we remember CR/LF as in "carriage= <br> return" and "line feed"?<br> <br> ;-)<br> <br> Valeri<br> <br> > Erich<br> <br> </blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>Man .. I'm old!</div><div><br></= div><div>I even know where these terms came from. They're typewriter te= rms .</div><div><br></div><div>When you reached the end of the line on the = paper being typed, you had to crank a lever to roll the paper one line up (= LINE FEED)</div><div>and use the lever to return (push) the carriage to the= first position of the new line (CARRIAGE RETURN).<br></div><br>-- <br><div= dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Mario Lobo<br>= <a href=3D"http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br" target=3D"_blank">http://www.mall= avoodoo.com.br</a><br>FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!]= </div></div></div></div> --00000000000044978805df5e150d--
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