Re: Single User

On Thu, 19 May 2022 13:38:57 -0400
Valeri Galtsev <galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu> wrote:

> 
> 
> On 5/19/22 10:20 AM, Mario Lobo wrote:

> > I even know where these terms came from. They're typewriter terms .
> > 
> > When you reached the end of the line on the paper being typed, you had 
> > to crank a lever to roll the paper one line up (LINE FEED)
> > and use the lever to return (push) the carriage to the first position
> > of the new line (CARRIAGE RETURN).
> 
> Me too, it is hard to forget the origing of such things somehow.

	It's sometimes hard to keep in mind that there are large numbers of
people (perhaps even most adults) who don't remember typewriters being
everywhere and needing to hire a typist from time to time.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>