From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 12871 invoked from network); 15 Jun 2020 00:07:25 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 15 Jun 2020 00:07:25 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E719B9C5E7; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:07:22 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B61159C24C; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:07:07 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=algebras-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.i=@algebras-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.b="XHiolPcU"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E7C879C24C; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:07:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-io1-f42.google.com (mail-io1-f42.google.com [209.85.166.42]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 53B7A9C246 for ; Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:07:04 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-io1-f42.google.com with SMTP id r77so15964945ior.3 for ; Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:07:04 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=algebras-org.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=DLCduBXb7HUgTqR2UrWJCAnVTXUTi82gQDJNQvzvlXM=; b=XHiolPcUG+sLTaEQB0UUaFzm+AKRFSmsDxeoqawMyJPHNOPrL7rC09bMlldMyCsQKe MdgzfYHya2uDSpmd0dqN/zk75eJRKV11fPfb+8EqAeI2WTzNt/vPJFxEu4wGhlL9mEJj m8GbV4uvNsHtXzmv9HTUVcitYAwn66zvRYDf22KNe0sNqDCBpx5DgBSJV9NnS3JN8lpm qikMGqHy8Zu2UGgU/EKbDkSvLVMs+AAsVXnPdYZTo4VIMgMdrZroh5ZdeiS/rPl+lUE9 WwMv2mQSeYUCLoKpG7CvU6iMZGCEVP8JpW1d770FCnDcZiEw5bGJoWGHuKuyzJzbdSUY YmkQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=DLCduBXb7HUgTqR2UrWJCAnVTXUTi82gQDJNQvzvlXM=; b=kVbf2gxldfr7RAOv0E6x46u/4YqxBeIwO9Mwlp0D/Pc+D6wMTtnQ/RV2WVVTbbXTki Sls/i1xwpbzJGK70XRT1gGM+yHVwveun43rKXNFWHyJxFO67ivEFWJo9EdHoBLhClBIY bNmPDKsW7p8ljOFTXcIt0I7IgHqwTjC0KhEzvBKs0j5UghYza1Kkh9CUArIwKWuQ5P3z 78+1NVNGSatJSVmUfBosWnMO9cqkhNTW5po2/xGDUR50aAi8tGT0wcyjMwQ9IhV2toAj /Kg2AsaRalr9x1kl+2AkYIkSvBNr3VF6HHfkT8GuCmuMZURMpmMwOBZ9GAZRovyNmKUy atNA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM530eKSu0tT6XHgiN3ote8AcQTedZ8zOlpkCaxNVbxLx9aXGVyWcN iqKvDrx5UMmCV9Ks96GEwMhb0WlraCet3sz1bbmmigRFgWo= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwLTjWJyk5a8a5eqZNZ6kFlP23aCpQOY7yBfDMyLtyDGjIhtejN6WFizhB2HfLAd6HpXUzxKssWRsoHrJSaJik= X-Received: by 2002:a5e:dd07:: with SMTP id t7mr25378804iop.21.1592179623543; Sun, 14 Jun 2020 17:07:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200614225208.GB6122@minnie.tuhs.org> In-Reply-To: From: George Michaelson Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:06:52 +1000 Message-ID: To: TUHS main list Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Origins and life of the pg pager X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" I recently found myself wanting a pager which respected ^L formfeed page throw. looks like when people wrote pagers, they were seeking to reject the tyranny of the paper formalism. None of the current set recognize it as a marker worthy of pause. The thing is, that now we are not bound by formalisms of page size, it turns out the semantic intent of a page throw might be .. useful. -G