Re: OT: Flamebait: Text vs HTML email
On Thu, 2002-07-25 at 14:40, Gary Turner wrote:
> 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.
Most typewriters were pica, and thus could sqeeze in 80 clolumns
on a sheet of typing paper.
Did Herman Hollerith's punch cards (ca 1890) start out at 80
columns? I think so.
> >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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