[GreenKeys] auto cr/lf

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I think in one of the old RTTY magazines there was an article on an 
electronic CR-LF function.  I no longer have those books but i believe 
it was in the early 70's.

Larry
W0OGH


jhhaynes at earthlink.net wrote:

> Of course there are guys who want to use a 28 in radio and don't care
> about pictures and would give their eye teeth to get those auto cr-lf
> parts.  You could effectively disable the auto-cr-lf, I think, simply
> by adjusting it so it doesn't happen until the 80th column, tho I don't
> know if the adjustment range goes that far.
> 
> Back in the days of Irv Hoff there was a scheme worked out for radio
> use of the Model 28, and in those days we could still get parts to
> implement it.  I don't remember all the details, but it was something
> like replacing the LF function bar with a CR bar so that if you get a
> CR you will also linefeed, and thus won't get a typed-over line.  And
> use auto-cr-lf to protect against the loss of a CR.  But there was more
> to it - it's common to send a double CR at the end of a line, so it
> had to suppress the second linefeed.  And there was something about
> suppressing multiple linefeeds because some prankster had started up
> Irv's autostart and sent enough linefeeds to put a whole roll of paper
> on the floor.
> 
> 
> 
> jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
> 
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