Seems to me that CR CR LF was often used to leave a bit more time. Was a long time ago, but we were very young then :)
-- Alan, wb6zqz On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Didier <did...@cox.net> wrote: > The reason for CR/LF is that CR takes a while on a teletype, while LF is > fast, so sending both allowed enough time for the paper/print head to be in > the right place before printing the next char. If you sent LF/CR on a > teletype instead of CR/LF, you could see right away the reason :-) > > Didier > > PS: while writing this, I suddenly realized that it really dates me, > doesn't > it? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com > > [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Lux, James P > > Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 10:10 AM > > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Lady Heather's Leap Log > > > > > > > > > > On 12/31/08 6:06 PM, "Steve Rooke" <sar10...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 2009/1/1 Mark Sims <hol...@hotmail.com>: > > >> > > >> Note that there is an error in the first column heading in Lady > > >> Heather's Leap Log. It says UTC... should be GPS. The > > three line > > >> hour timestamp comment is correct (UTC). The distributed > > version of > > >> the program logged only time-of-week. I added the > > HH:MM:SS yesterday > > >> but messed up the column header (boy is Lady Heather gonna be mad > > >> when She finds out). The random spacing is due to Billy Gates > > >> Quality Control... he still can't figure out where to put > > CRs and LFs in an email... > > > > > > Well, POSIX decided on LF, Mac on CR and Billy Boy decided to hedge > > > his bets with both LF and CR. It's little wonder I always > > get a lot of > > > double spacing here then :-) > > > > > > > Hardly microsoft's fault. Blame the teletype. Or perhaps DEC. > > RT-11 stored CR/LF in files, and CP/M adopted that > > convention, followed by DOS, etc. > > I imagine RT-11 did CR/LF because > > A) it allows use of unmodified KSR/ASR 33 TTYs without having > > to worry if the user has the autoLF option > > B) with ink on paper, the ability to do overprints (CR w/o > > LF) is actually useful. Them newfangled CRT based terminals > > can't do this (except for the Tek 401x series) > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, > > go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > > and follow the instructions there. > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.