Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 07:18:38 +0100 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Single User Message-ID: <20220520071838.41b3c04b59a1a4b3bccc4bbc@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <834ecba8eafd42b8f4efee98cfea719e@kreme.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> <4BED02F8-BC45-4170-A59E-CCCB97E59990@kreme.com> <20220520060219.3bcda7d2cdb88efd756953b6@sohara.org> <834ecba8eafd42b8f4efee98cfea719e@kreme.com>
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On Thu, 19 May 2022 23:50:48 -0600 kremels@kreme.com wrote: > On 2022-May-19 23:02, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: > > On Thu, 19 May 2022 15:06:07 -0600 > > "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> wrote: > > > >> On 2022 May 19, at 08:20, Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> wrote: > >> > Man .. I'm old! > >> > > >> > I even know where these terms came from. They're typewriter terms . > >> > >> Not old enough! They're actaul1y teletype terms and codes! > > > > Typewrites had carriage return and line feed levers long before > > there were teletypes or ASCII. > > The codes are teletype codes, not typewriter codes. All you need to do "typewriter codes" ? Typewriters are mechanical devices that do not use codes. The codes are there in ASCII because teletypes needed the same functions as typewriters. The terms were in use for typewriters decades before there were teletypes, ASCII or even BCD. They were old when computer was a job description. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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