[GreenKeys] Purpose of word counter?

[eric]

On 2021-04-27 15:53, steve bennett via GreenKeys wrote:

> What was the word counter used for?
> Was it because messages were billed a fee per word?
> I might be confused. Is it a word counter or character counter?
> 
> -Steve

It's a character counter, and it was so you would know, when you were 
typing "blind"
directly onto tape, when you were reaching the maximum number of 
characters for a printed
page.

eric