On 2010-05-10 2:53 PM, John Kaufmann wrote: > In a message dated 2010.05.10 13:44 -0500, Harold Fuchs wrote: >> I was using e-mail before screens and before the local devices had >> any storage. Messages had to be printed as they came down the wire. >> If you top posted it meant the reader could hit the Break/Interrupt >> key after reading your stuff and avoid having to re-print stuff >> s/he already knew.
> Oh, you mean 110-baud teletype? I didn't realize anyone /ever/ bothered > about context with that; We didn't... ;) I learned how to type in the Coast Guard at Loran-C stations where our primary means of communication was teletype... it was live communications, so there was no such thing as 'quoted text'... > I thought it was just a messaging service, like > SMS or tweet today. Exactly... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
