[Info-vax] RMS intro

[Dan Cross]

In article <memo.20231231074319.16260W at jgd.cix.co.uk>,
John Dallman <jgd at cix.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <umqcjd$1er1l$1 at dont-email.me>, arne at vajhoej.dk (Arne Vajhøj)
>wrote:
>
>> https://www.vajhoej.dk/arne/articles/rms.html
>
>Good work. 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. Was it used by older DEC OSes? 

Perhaps for direct terminal input.  By default, DEC terminals
like the VT100 only send a CR when the RETURN key is pressed.
(They can be configured to send CRLF via an option on the setup
screen, however.)  Anyway, I'm speculating, but I can imagine a
mode in which data is copied directly from a terminal to a file
preserving the single CR character.

	- Dan C.