I am glad to see I am not the only oldie on the list :)
Bring back paper tape and drum storage I say...
Cliff
> Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> >
> > Carel Fellinger wrote:
> > > it's because on a teletype you couldn't erase, so backspacing wouldn't
> > > help in keeping things readeable:)
> >
> > Hm, ok, that makes sense. I was thinking in the context of dumb
> > terminals; teletypes were slightly before my time.
>
> Even after the use of CRT terminals became general, that deleting
> convention was still used in some cases. The built in editor with the
> version of BASIC included in many CPM and/or Radio Shack machines
> required deletions to be done that way, even though it was probably
> never used on a true teletype terminal.
>
> Incidentally, TTY originally meant a teletype. The first
> definition of TTY in the foldoc is:
>
> 1. {teletypewriter}.
>
> Bob
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