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CRLF is obsolete and should be abolished

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422 points km | 3 comments | 13 Oct 24 19:16 UTC | HN request time: 0.64s | source
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fortran77 ◴[13 Oct 24 20:08 UTC] No.41831123[source]▶
The article had some major gaffes. Teletypes never had a ball. The stationary platen models had type boxes and cylinders, but never balls.
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1. refset ◴[13 Oct 24 20:27 UTC] No.41831288[source]▶
Not sure whether this changes anything about your critique, but note that the IBM 2741 terminal embedded a Selectric typewriter:

> Selectric-based mechanisms were also widely used as terminals for computers, replacing both Teletypes and older typebar-based output devices. One popular example was the IBM 2741 terminal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Selectric

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2. wrs ◴[13 Oct 24 22:35 UTC] No.41832325[source]▶
Well, it says right there, the 2741 replaced Teletypes. It wasn't a Teletype. (Not sure I'd call this a "major gaffe", though!)
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3. refset ◴[14 Oct 24 08:22 UTC] No.41835417[source]▶
Not a capital-T Teletype but it seems like it was widely used as a teleprinter and had similar mechanical constraints/requirements. The post does touch on this language ambiguity:

> Teletypes (technically "teleprinters" - "teletype" was just the most popular brand name)