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From: pwp@shamash.cdc.com (Peter Poorman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: page up and friends
Message-ID: <17461@shamash.cdc.com>
Date: 23 Feb 90 20:11:28 GMT
References: <1990Feb6.205957.27722@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Feb9.163118.5726@intercon.com> <38830@apple.Apple.COM> <2967@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au> <14233@reed.UUCP> <6870@internal.Apple.COM>
Reply-To: pwp@shamash.UUCP (Peter Poorman)
Organization: Control Data Houston
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In article <6870@internal.Apple.COM> athos@apple.com (Rick Eames) writes:
>In article <14233@reed.UUCP> chaffee@reed.UUCP (Alex Chaffee) writes:
>>  Does anyone know what VT and SOH are
>> supposed to stand for?
>
>
>I know that VT is 'vertical tab'.  As for SOH, I have no idea.

SOH is "Start Of Header".  It's used to start a frame in many synchronous
data communications protocols.  (SYN, for "SYNchronize", is used to fill
idle time on the link.  The arrival of a SOH indicates that a frame follows.)

--Pete Poorman
  pwp@shamash.cdc.com