Re: CA vs CF key definition

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nicely put.

you were indeed spoilt - having such high speed multi-dropped lines.

At 09:45 AM 6/15/2001, you wrote:
> >Can someone explain any sort of rational reason for the
> >existence of the CA selection?
>
>Back in the day when 4800bps modems were The Thing, you'd do anything to
>keep the transmission sizes down.  We always used PUTOVR instead of
>re-sending the whole screen and we never used CF for an exit key.  Why read
>the whole screen into the program if all you're going to do is throw that
>data away and exit?
>
>Sending small datastreams meant that we could support 5 remote offices, each
>with 6 to 8 terminals and a printer on a single 4800bps multipoint circuit.
>
>Buck Calabro
>Commsoft; Albany, NY
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