Post #4206568
2026-07-29 15:44 UTC
i guess i could have thought of the old unix crdelay feature which only went up to 3, which suggests how much slower cr was than bs
(but i still wonder how much the speed was determined by serial baud rate and how much by mechanical limits)
https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=stty&apropos=0&sektion=1&manpath=Unix+Seventh+Edition&format=html
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@bsdphk@fosstodon.org 2026-07-29 16:51
@fanf@mendeddrum.org For the longest time the serial baudrate was matched to the mechanics. Only with the advent of microprocessors did the need for flow-control arise. And CR taking longer time was not a problem, because it also took longer time on the senders teletype.