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From: Charlie Gibbs
Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:31

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On 2018-03-01, Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote:

> But you wouldn't write a C program on a card punch, as they
> didn't support lower-case, never mind trying to use vi from one.

The fact that keypunches didn't support lower case was merely an
implementation detail.  If there had been a demand for lower case,
keypunch keyboards would be more like typewriter keyboards.  Most
printers, on the other hand, supported 64 characters at best, and
exceptions (e.g. a 1403 with a TN chain) were avoided if possible
because they ran slower that way.  IMHO it was printers that held
back the acceptance of lower case, not punches.

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