From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!MCLINDEN@Rutgers
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Title: Re:  Padding on Ann Arbor Ambassadors &c
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.5221
Posted: Mon Feb 28 02:22:48 1983
Received: Tue Mar  1 07:33:15 1983

From: Sean McLinden 
Date: 31 Dec 1982 1631-EST

   Not only do I insist on my "right" to use ^S and ^Q in whatever
  way I see fit, but I also would suggest that whoever decided that
  the XON/XOFF protocol should be implemented using the ASCII 
  character set was off-base. The use of the ASCII characters should
  be under the complete control of the user. I don't expect my
  car to be signalling turns without my knowledge and I don't
  wish for my terminal to be sending characters in that fashion,
  either. The standard hardware I/O connector on most terminals and
  most of the asynchronous interfaces I know of (e.g. DZ-11), provide
  Request to send and Clear to send signal lines which would not
  interfere with the transmission of the user's signal. The problem
  is created when shortcuts are used, and the XON/XOFF protocol
  is a shortcut. Besides, ^S is a natural key to bind a search
  command to. As I recall, the standard EIA interface provides
  nine signal lines; how many are used, 6?
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