Dave Barry, a great name, writes: >The Windows command prompt is the legacy of MS-DOS, >and so on.
In turn, the 80 column DOS command prompt is a legacy of punch cards. The 80 column card format was established back in the 1920s. One might also say that base 10 arithmetic is a legacy of ten fingers, which originated either in the evolution of primates or in your favorite creationism story. :-) - - - - - Timothy Sipples IBM Consulting Enterprise Software Architect Specializing in Software Architectures Related to System z Based in Tokyo, Serving IBM Japan and IBM Asia-Pacific E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
