Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!

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From: Joe Pfeiffer
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 22:58

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Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> writes:

> On Thu, 01 Feb 2018 14:38:11 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>>
>> Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> writes:
>>>
>>>I figured on many systems, including Linux but also CP/M (probably
>>>MS-DOS?) Ctrl-S causes a scroll lock. While Ctrl-Q resumes scrolling.
>>
>> CTRL-S was used back in the day on ASR-33's with unix to stop output.   Control Q
>> continues output.
>
> It was also used by the printer to tell the OS to suspend sending data
> until the latest chunk of data was printed.
>
>> Those functions live on today.
>
> Is there an application for this other than *legacy* today?

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From: Joe Pfeiffer <pfei...@cs.nmsu.edu>
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Subject: Re: Why Ctrl-v for Paste?!
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 15:58:37 -0700
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