9 Jul
2016
9 Jul
'16
10:47 p.m.
On Fri, 8 Jul 2016, Clem Cole wrote:
In those days many of us, including me, did (and still
do) refer to the
asterisk as "splat" and the exclamation point as "bang" from the
sound
made by them when they printed yellow oiled paper @ 10 cps from the
console TTY.
I still remember when the pipe command was "^" (pointy hat).
--
Dave Horsfall DTM (VK2KFU) "Those who don't understand security will
suffer."