SCP/Microsoft 20HAL uploader
Dennis Boone
drb at msu.edu
Sun Sep 27 19:22:00 CDT 2020
> Partially related to that is a program called “20HAL” which was a
> code uploader Microsoft used in the late stages to get code from
> Microsoft in Bellevue to IBM in Boca Raton, FL.
The TOPS-10 manual says that:
(SET) TTY FILL n
sets delay characteristics for the line to class `n`. There's a table
of the number of filler characters sent after each of a number of
different control characters. Class 3 uses the most fillters. The
filler characters used are CR after a CR, and DEL after all the others.
It could make sense to do this during a file transfer, depending on the
assorted endpoints, etc.
De
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