[Info-vax] MAX record size in a sequential file

[Bob Koehler]

In article <4fb2a165$0$63204$815e3792 at news.qwest.net>, George Cornelius <cornelius at eisner.decus.org> writes:
> 
> As a minor nit, it can take a CR-LF pair to actually generate the
> desired display format, but, historically, the old Underwood would
> do a line advance along with the carriage movement.

   I would expect a new line for every LF in a stmlf file, independent
   of any or no CRs.

   But our old Underwood would not advance the line until the carriage
   was fully returned AND we continued to push the lever.  One could
   stop without the line advance.