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In case you didn't know, the 80 column limitation has its origins here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#IBM_80-column_punched_card_format_and_charact
by gjvc 9y ago
In case you didn't know, the 80 column limitation has its origins here
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#IBM_80-column_punched_card_format_and_character_codes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card#IBM_80-column_pun...
- yoz-y 9y agoInteresting. How why the size of the card affect the size of the screen? I have assumed that it was kind of a good number for size of screens at that time.
- gjvc 9y agoIt most probably wasn't a limitation so much as a convention carried over from one generation of technology to the next in order to ensure the adoption of the latter.