[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Scott Dorsey]

Lawrence D'Oliveiro  <ldo at nz.invalid> wrote:
>On Sun, 31 Dec 2023 07:43 +0000 (GMT Standard Time), John Dallman wrote:
>
>> You might want to explain why StreamCR is provided: I doubt
>> it is because of traditional Mac format, because VMS predates Mac by
>> several years.
>
>Support for STREAM_xx formats in RMS were not added until VMS 4.0, near as 
>I can tell. And that dates from around the time of the release of the Mac.

Most operating systems out there only used stream_lf and stream_cr.  Whether
lf or crlf was used depended a lot on the whims of the original developers.
Most terminals had a switch that allowed you to toggle them.
--scott


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