[AFMUG] OT Text width
How many columns wide did the old TTL dos monitors display? 80? I am writing some C# code and I want to use my old commenting format but I don’t remember the page widths I used back in the day.
Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width
80x24 iirc Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com wrote: How many columns wide did the old TTL dos monitors display? 80? I am writing some C# code and I want to use my old commenting format but I don’t remember the page widths I used back in the day.
Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width
Thanks, that I what I was thinking, but 80 columns looks pretty small on a modern IDE editor screen. Maybe I will allow myself a few more columns From: Josh Luthman via Af Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:54 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width 80x24 iirc Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com wrote: How many columns wide did the old TTL dos monitors display? 80? I am writing some C# code and I want to use my old commenting format but I don’t remember the page widths I used back in the day.
Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width
SSH into something and look how small that display is on your monitor. Should be the same, no? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com wrote: Thanks, that I what I was thinking, but 80 columns looks pretty small on a modern IDE editor screen. Maybe I will allow myself a few more columns *From:* Josh Luthman via Af af@afmug.com *Sent:* Wednesday, November 19, 2014 9:54 AM *To:* af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width 80x24 iirc Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Chuck McCown via Af af@afmug.com wrote: How many columns wide did the old TTL dos monitors display? 80? I am writing some C# code and I want to use my old commenting format but I don’t remember the page widths I used back in the day.
Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width
On 11/19/14, 8:59, Chuck McCown via Af wrote: Thanks, that I what I was thinking, but 80 columns looks pretty small on a modern IDE editor screen. Maybe I will allow myself a few more columns I use 110x48. ~Seth
Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width
They were typically 80 characters wide, but it was common to limit actual text to 72 characters. bp part-15@SkylineBroadbandService On 11/19/2014 8:51 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote: How many columns wide did the old TTL dos monitors display? 80? I am writing some C# code and I want to use my old commenting format but I don’t remember the page widths I used back in the day.
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Sounds like a carryover from punch cards. 80 columns but only the first 72 were used, the remainder could be used for sequence numbers. I remember FORTRAN IV programs with labels in columns 1-5 and column 6 was the continuation column, 7-72 were used, 73-80 ignored. From: Bill Prince via Af Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:28 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width They were typically 80 characters wide, but it was common to limit actual text to 72 characters. bp part-15@SkylineBroadbandService On 11/19/2014 8:51 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote: How many columns wide did the old TTL dos monitors display? 80? I am writing some C# code and I want to use my old commenting format but I don’t remember the page widths I used back in the day.
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That sounds good. -Original Message- From: Seth Mattinen via Af Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2014 10:02 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width On 11/19/14, 8:59, Chuck McCown via Af wrote: Thanks, that I what I was thinking, but 80 columns looks pretty small on a modern IDE editor screen. Maybe I will allow myself a few more columns I use 110x48. ~Seth
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Oh yeah. Now I remember where that 72 characters came in. Fortran programmers and punch cards. Ah, those were the days. bp part-15@SkylineBroadbandService On 11/19/2014 9:51 AM, Ken Hohhof via Af wrote: Sounds like a carryover from punch cards. 80 columns but only the first 72 were used, the remainder could be used for sequence numbers. I remember FORTRAN IV programs with labels in columns 1-5 and column 6 was the continuation column, 7-72 were used, 73-80 ignored. *From:* Bill Prince via Af mailto:af@afmug.com *Sent:* Wednesday, November 19, 2014 11:28 AM *To:* af@afmug.com mailto:af@afmug.com *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Text width They were typically 80 characters wide, but it was common to limit actual text to 72 characters. bp part-15@SkylineBroadbandService On 11/19/2014 8:51 AM, Chuck McCown via Af wrote: How many columns wide did the old TTL dos monitors display? 80? I am writing some C# code and I want to use my old commenting format but I don’t remember the page widths I used back in the day.
