RE: CR/LF problems after upgrade

["Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>]

On 18 January 2007 08:48, Corinna Vinschen wrote:

> On Jan 17 16:57, Cary Jamison wrote:
>> Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 04:47:39PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 12:47:12PM -0800, Shankar Unni wrote:
>>>>> Cary Jamison wrote:

>>>> characters and used a new card when I needed to move to the next
>>>> "line". No need for a backup either, since my programs were all on
>>>> convenient, flammable cards.

>> Of course, the real, state-of-the art oses I used could emulate the older
>> record based ones.  But, once you moved to a time-share system with
>> multiple terminals, who wanted fixed-length lines?
> 
> You saplings.  In my first microcomputer course we only had 8-bit boards
> with a hex keyboard and a 2 digit LED display.  Every program which result
> you can't display within 2 hex digits is a waste of electrons.

  These guys are talking punched cards and KSRs and you had your own personal
single-board microcomputer?  And you think that makes you older?

  ASR-33 = 1963

  KIM-1  = 1975

  Whippersnapper!

    cheers,
      DaveK
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