Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cwjcc!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Real Time Translations Message-ID:Date: 25 Sep 89 01:21:45 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 12 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 404, message 4 of 10 The discussion on old 5 level machines reminds me of a story a retired ATT repairman told me. Because there was a chance that the machine could get sent into FIGS during the carriage return, one of the wire services (AP, I think, but I may have them swapped) mandated the sequence to be on every line. The other one (UPI) did not; they used only . As a result, their old-time copy editors got VERY good at reading the resulting 23.67 3;8:7 393 , and telling you what being sent without missing a beat. Flash! Murphy gets look and feel copyright on sendmail.cf {gatech!} wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (305) 255-RTFM