Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!jvnca!njitsc1!argus!ken From: ken@argus.UUCP (Kenneth Ng) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.emacs Subject: Re: 9600 baud problems (was Re: when using termcap, get it right!) Message-ID: <931@argus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 29-Jun-87 21:38:44 EDT Article-I.D.: argus.931 Posted: Mon Jun 29 21:38:44 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 1-Jul-87 03:10:04 EDT References: <1149@carthage.swatsun.UUCP> <8601@tekecs.TEK.COM> <6828@mimsy.UUCP> <12964@topaz.rutgers.edu> Organization: NJ Instit. of Tech: TEIES Project Lines: 23 Xref: mnetor comp.sources.d:916 comp.emacs:1301 In article <12964@topaz.rutgers.edu>, ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) writes: > I always figured NUL was a bigger problem. > Some terminals/systems just don't send or pass NUL, or it means something > atrocious like END-OF-FILE. On some systems the 'DEL' character is even more of a problem. Some of the older computer systems send 'DEL' characters to compensate for the slow teletype style printers used as terminals. The original meaning of DEL dates back to the teletype baudat days when it meant: 'ignore this character'. Unfortunately some VT100 styled machines took it to mean 'delete character'. ... This signature was put in in a way to bypass the ... bogus artificial line limit on the .signature file. ... Also, by its length it adds fodder to help avoid having ... my followups being bounced due to the restriction on ... followup articles. Kenneth Ng: Post office: NJIT - CCCC, Newark New Jersey 07102 uucp !ihnp4!allegra!bellcore!argus!ken *** NOT ken@bellcore.uucp *** bitnet(prefered) ken@orion.bitnet > > -Ron