17 Jul
2014
17 Jul
'14
8:56 p.m.
On 07/17/2014 07:43 PM, Mark J. Blair wrote:
Here is my question: Is it conventional and/or
important to include
the two DELs after each line when creating a source tape which is to
be read in to a BASIC interpreter, or is that just an artifact of how
the tapes were created (i.e., by printing source code out to a 33 ASR
printer)? I ask because I want to know if I should include the DELs
if I ever create new tapes from the extracted text files.
The DELs/Rubouts were included to allow time for the carriage
return-linefeed at the end of line on TTYs. Usually, one rubout would
do, but two was safe.
It doesn't matter to modern electronic equipment--the rubouts are
non-printing.
Life at 10cps.
--Chuck