Bump, I still think I was right (of course, I usually do...) R Rubin Bennett rbTechnologies, LLC 1970 VT Route 14 South East Montpelier, VT 05651
(802)223-4448 x101 http://thatitguy.com "I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all." Leo Rosten 1908-1997 -----Original Message----- From: Francis Swasey [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 10:00 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Noob question That would by the 24x80 terminals attached to most mainframes in the 1980's.... Before that the limit was 72 characters because of punch cards (and you left column 1 blank because that was used for line continuation) and columns 73-80 were for sequencing after the class bully tripped you up in the hallway and you dumped your three boxes of punch cards all over the floor..... On 9/21/10 9:35 AM, Marc Farnum Rendino wrote: > And where, class, did the 80 character limit come from?... -- Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs Sr Systems Administrator | Always remember: You are UNIQUE, University of Vermont | just like everyone else. "I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
