Was it that many teletype machines couldn't handle that character and they'd "Crash Horribly And Die" (CHAD) ??? ;-)<div>/s<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 September 2011 11:00, hamster <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hamster@snap.net.nz">hamster@snap.net.nz</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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> Was it that in the days of teletype machines that the printer would<br>
reverse<br>
> and type the word "Chad" over the letter to be deleted??<br>
> /s<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">>> What has Chad got to do with the delete character being ASCII code 127?<br>
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