Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site boring.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!teddy!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!mcvax!boring!steven From: steven@boring.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes.d,net.flame Subject: Re: formfeeds considered harmfulSubject: formfeeds considered harmful Message-ID: <6291@boring.UUCP> Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 13:59:02 EST Article-I.D.: boring.6291 Posted: Wed Jan 16 13:59:02 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 20-Jan-85 01:34:10 EST References: <933@amdahl.UUCP> Reply-To: steven@boring.UUCP (Steven Pemberton) Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 15 Xref: watmath net.jokes.d:913 net.flame:7859 Apparently-To: rnews@mcvax.LOCAL In article <933@amdahl.UUCP> esf00@amdahl.UUCP (Elliott S Frank) writes: > Various news articles (especially jokes :-)) contain ascii formfeeds. On > small computers (VAXen) with lowspeed terminal interfaces (19200 bps), the > content may be scanned by a human being before the formfeed is detected by > the processor and transmitted or emulated. > > On a largescale mainframe (Amdahl 470, etc.) computer with a high bandwidth > terminal interface (200 000 bytes/sec), the antecedent(s) (if any) of the > punchline flash by in milliseconds. > > If, for a particular submission, it was not intended for all subscribers to > hit the 'n' key, it might be appropriate to make the content accessible. I think he means that on his machine a form-feed clears the screen, rather than just stopping output.