Re: OT: Flamebait: Text vs HTML email
On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 03:01:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
>On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 02:15, Osamu Aoki wrote:
<snip
>> Rough history:
>>
>> PUNCH CARD -> TELETYPE (Tape) -> ASCII TERMINAL (Like VT-100)
>> 80 80
You left out TeleType roll paper which was 8" wide, thus 80 columns at
10 cpi. I believe that predates the punch card.
>
>Doesn't "everyone" know that? Or am I aging myself?
>
>Does anyone know when Teletypes came around? I know they
>were using 5-bit baudot "bytes" back in the 50's.
>
>Tangent: when I first got my KayPro II, I could figure out
>that CON: was console & LPT: was for the line printer, but
>it took some time till I saw that PUN: and RDR: were for
>the paper tape mechanism on the ASR-33... (Now _that_
>statement aged me.)
Ham radio went digital with long-out-of-service Model 19's and Model
33's. I had both at a total cost of about $25. As I recall, the 33 was
a 19 with a tape reader/perferator.
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