Nelson Minar wrote on 14/8/98 6:24:
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>Anyway, I despair that we'll=20
>ever get rid of line oriented=20
>email.
Would plain-text be a better term? I'm replying to this mail from a =
Palm III, and it's quite intelligible, despite the lines having been =
wrapped to a 160 pixel screen.
>I know we have 80 column=20
>lines because punchcards=20
>were 80 columns. But why=20
>were punchcards that size?
The story I've heard is that punchcard form-factor was =
backwards-compatible with US paper currency, for ease of storage. =
Anyone with a punchcard care to do the experiment?
>While we're on this rant -=20
>what is *up* with VT100?=20
Don't forget that even VR environments and PDAs wind up with vt100 =
emu's; Diva, can you tell us what $ bills were compatible with?
-Dave=00
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