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Re:Accounting machines, the IBM 1403, and why printers stand... by emmelaich on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @04:27PM (#18972662)
Amazingly enough, there is still an echo of using that first char for control in the latest MacOS!

   man asa
In developertools at least. `asa` used to be the first command and manual page, alphabetically.
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Re:Accounting machines, the IBM 1403, and why printers stand... by kps on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @05:09PM (#18973085)
IIRC ‘asa’ originates with System V.
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