Date: Thu, 19 May 2022 13:38:57 -0400 From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single User Message-ID: <165af1d7-5209-b49e-d99b-c5120654d883@kicp.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <CA%2ByoEx8Jk_sceftUUuXi5Hq0Vq2TS=dgAgz7cJ5HweF9u0H5Gg@mail.gmail.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>
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On 5/19/22 10:20 AM, Mario Lobo wrote: > On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:51 AM Valeri Galtsev > <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu <mailto: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 <mailto: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). Me too, it is hard to forget the origing of such things somehow. Valeri > > -- > Mario Lobo > http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br <http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br>; > FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!]
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