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From: Jean-Marie.Houle@f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Jean-Marie Houle)
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Subject: Re: TelNet Wider Than 80 Columns?
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Date: 28 Dec 90 00:26:50 GMT
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In article <5464@crystal9.UUCP> derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) writes:
> BTW, where did 132 come from?  Looks like
> a number that someone pulled from mid-air
> like 5280 feet in a mile or 2.5 inches in
> a British Nail (gawd, I love the CRC).

Before the Mac you would produce your computer outputs on fanfold paper 
about 14 inches wide. At 10 characters per inch you could print 132 
characters.

The VT100 terminal from DEC had an option to display at 132 char. 
NCSATelnet and MacTerminal are VT100 emulators and support 132 characters.

Jean-Marie Houle                                  houlejm@ireq.hydro.qc.ca
Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Quebec              Tel (514) 652-8083
1800 Mtee Ste Julie                               Fax (514) 652-8435
Varennes, Quebec
Canada, J3X 1S1

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