On 2/21/19 10:33 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:

(And did they ever stop to wonder why those old terminals
standardized on 80 columns?)

Punch cards?

https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/148677

There's an ensuing discussion regarding the history of the
size/shape of the punch card, too.

Dan
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