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From: schwartz@groucho.cs.psu.edu (Scott Schwartz)
Subject: Re: hayes lawsuit
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tmb@ai.mit.edu (Thomas M. Breuel) writes:
   If you can think of uses prior to the mid-1980's of timeouts or timing
   to transmit out-of-band commands or data to a computer or communications
   device, please drop me a note, and I can put you in touch with the
   attorneys handling the case.

Isn't that how vi handles function keys?  Anyone know vi's inception
date?