17 Jul
2014
17 Jul
'14
9:22 p.m.
On 07/17/2014 08:56 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
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.
Oh, I'll add that another popular end-of-line sequence when talking to a
remote host was CR-LF-XOFF-DEL-DEL. Same idea, but it would also halt
the paper tape reader. The remote host could then send X-ON to read the
next line.
Thanks for the memories!
--Chuck