20 May
2000
20 May
'00
6:54 a.m.
At 08:22 AM 5/20/00 +0100, Paul Williams wrote:
Interesting to hear that TTYs had 72 columns, because I had wondered for
some time why the VT05 only had 20 rows of 72 columns.
One minor thot to drop in here... For those who were uncomfortable with
the 'column challenged' TTY, there were 80 column and 132 (!) column
modifications for the venerable '33 series.
The 80 column mod (AIR) just changed the advance ratchet on the carriage,
while the 130 column mod also included a new type cylinder with a
compressed font on it.
I'm pretty sure that I've still got some (very) old printouts done on a '33
with the 132 column mod. I'll try to get them dug out and scan a page or
two in case anyone is interested.
-jim
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