Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 13:41:01 -0400 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single User Message-ID: <cc50b9ca-cdc0-1e72-cf17-928d8b2751a4@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <057d7d-a0c2-aae9-e653-b186fd82a923@safeport.com> References: <91d28f49-1c1b-d2bf-5fd6-8b2e206ee6c7@andyit.com.au> <20220519132547.6b8cbb36.freebsd.ed.lists@sumeritec.com> <24632e11-1a86-8553-cf44-d29aa40a6858@kicp.uchicago.edu> <CA%2ByoEx8Jk_sceftUUuXi5Hq0Vq2TS=dgAgz7cJ5HweF9u0H5Gg@mail.gmail.com> <057d7d-a0c2-aae9-e653-b186fd82a923@safeport.com>
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On 5/19/22 10:59 AM, doug wrote: > On Thu, 19 May 2022, Mario Lobo wrote: > >> 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). >> > > Pretty sure I am the only one on this list who used compressed punched > cards on IBSYS. That said, two things are obvious here: 13 is in pretty > good shape; and it is a slow news day. I do not know what "compressed" punch cards are. I used regular 80 column ones. And did see people using 45 column ones. Valeri
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