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136 points colinbartlett | 2 comments | 10 May 25 21:15 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source

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Sometimes you only had upper case because the character generator was a 5*7 grid which wasn't really good enough to display lc.

1. nine_k ◴[10 May 25 23:39 UTC] No.43949944[source]▶

5x7 is fine to display both lowercase and uppercase. You could even afford some stylistic variations!

Lack of ROM space for lowercase could be a more plausible explanation for an early computer.

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2. WalterBright ◴[11 May 25 00:59 UTC] No.43950332[source]▶

You're probably right. There was a limitation to upper case only, I may misremember the cause.

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