>stories of 'screaming' at 300 baud.... (g)
>>
>>Tom
>
>ah yes, back in the IBM1050 days with the NEW 300baud capacity,
>we had to use CR/LF because CR just returned the print element to
>the beginning of the line (made things kind of hard to read).
>
>some of the older editors in DOS needed to see the ^Z (eof)
>to know when they were at the end of the file. today, most
>editor use the length of the file instead. clear????
>
>no you cant ask why, thats just the way things were!


Dang, bring up CR/LF, VT/HT & the dinasaurs wake up! Yeah, back in the good old days of TTY.... (never did care for VT100).

Ok, feel better now that you got to use some of that old moth balled knowledge?

Tom