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From: quadibloc <quadibloc@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why I've Dropped In
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2025 19:46:42 +0000
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:12:51 +0000, moi wrote:
> On 20/06/2025 16:59, MitchAlsup1 wrote:
>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 15:30:59 +0000, quadibloc wrote:

>>> But I felt that this was OK, since as everybody knows, strings really
>>> only have to be able to be at least 80 characters long. Hmm... wait a
>>> moment, aren't 132-character strings sometimes needed?
>>
>> Line printers are/were 132 characters wide.
>
> Some were. Others were only 120 wide and others were 160 wide.

More importantly, I need 256-character strings if I'm using them as
translate tables. Fine, I can use a pair of registers for a long string.

John Savard