[Boatanchors] Use of upper case letters.

[Duane Fischer, W8DBF]

Hi Ken,

When I started programming in 1980 we all used only upper case text. Having 
been a touch typist since 1962, faithful Smith Corona electric portable, 
trying to type on those chiclet style keyboards was a nightmare.

Complicating life was the introduction of screen reading software I helped 
to write way back when with TI. Because it did not distinguish between ASCII 
case originally, everything was done in upper case. Habits are hard to 
break!

I still use solid upper case for everything but word processing and 
electronic mail.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Hickman" <n5cm at rtconline.com>
To: <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 4:40 AM
Subject: [Boatanchors] Use of upper case letters.


> Gang,
>
> For what it's worth, in telegraph, radiotelegraph, teletype and
> radioteletype communications the typewriters and
> teleprinters had only UPPER CASE letters!
> The "Telegraph Mill" is what the typewriter was called by us commercial
> radiotelegraph operators. The term,
> "Mill" was because that is where we worked. These machines had no lower 
> case
> letters at all. I have three
> telegraph mills.
>
> Statements that uppercase letters are SHOUTING is only the opinions of 
> some
> who are obviously unaware of
> earlier communications history.
>
> Ken   N5CM
>
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