From: utzoo!decvax!duke!mcnc!taylor
Newsgroups: net.dcom,net.misc
Title: Re: How long is a break `character"\\?
Article-I.D.: mcnc.1308
Posted: Wed Sep 15 10:06:28 1982
Received: Thu Sep 16 01:36:59 1982
References: decvax.286


After checking with some of the 'older timers' here, it turns out that
'two character widths at 110 baud' is indeed the original definition
for break going back to the teletype days.  It seems that that is still
the only condition for which it is defined!

Steve Taylor