Accounting machines, the IBM 1403, and why printers standardized on 132 columns

Re:Accounting machines, the IBM 1403, and why printers stand... by dboreham on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @08:27PM (#18974828)

Interesting. I still set my shell windows to 132 chars wide, but I do that because I used VT100 terminals way back.

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Re:Accounting machines, the IBM 1403, and why printers stand... by mark-r on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @11:52PM (#18975763)

And why do you think VT100's had that capability?

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Re:Accounting machines, the IBM 1403, and why printers stand... by tonyedgecombe on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @02:33AM (#18976423)

Me too, and 66 lines long.

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