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From: steven@boring.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.jokes.d,net.flame
Subject: Re: formfeeds considered harmfulSubject: formfeeds considered harmful
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Date: Wed, 16-Jan-85 13:59:02 EST
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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.