Text wrapping?
Jessen, Per
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Thu, 22 Apr 1999 09:27:34 +0100
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Lamb [mailto:morpheus@RPGLINK.COM]
> Sent: 21 April 1999 23:09
[snip]
> get some extra space. But the 72-78 character range has been
> around for at
> least a decade or so.
Or much longer - an IBM punchcard has 80 characters, always has had.
The continuation column is 72, data columns there 1 to 71. 73 to 80
is often used for sequence-numbering.
There is most probably no DIRECT relation, but after all we had 80
characters on screens for longer than I can remember.
Per Jessen, London