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Rings a bell (pun intended :)

You are correct:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newline#History


Norm Dennis

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Coulter
Sent: Friday, 5 March 2010 3:38 PM
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Subject: Re: FTP to AS400 from Unix server gives Hex 0D at end


On 05/03/2010, at 4:58 PM, Simon Coulter wrote:

Not sure why both characters we chosen by CP/M.

Possibly because Teletypes supported both operations: CR moved the
print carriage to the left. LF moved the platen (and therefore the
paper) up one line. Both steps were required to print on a new line.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.
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