Timeline for What was the end of line convention for text files on the 8-bit Commodores
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| Dec 5, 2016 at 20:28 | comment | added | scruss | MSX also used CR/LF, so it was mainstream | |
| Oct 6, 2016 at 21:44 | comment | added | supercat | @bjb: For files, CR was definitely the norm. For printers, the combination of CR+LF was very common, since it allowed use of a lone CR for overprinting (a convention observed in some Unix utilities). It's interesting to note that early ASCII-based teletypes required that some time elapse between the receipt of a CR and the receipt of the next printable character, so if a CR wasn't followed by an LF it would have to be followed by a NUL, BEL, or other non-printing character absent some other means of ensuring a delay. | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 22:56 | comment | added | scruss | Amstrad CPC had CR/LF, as I suspect had CP/M | |
| Oct 4, 2016 at 16:57 | comment | added | bjb | It seemed like ASCII 13 was the EOL for all the 8-bits I used back in the day. Exception was UNIX platforms (LF) and IBM PC (CR/LF). I'm not aware of any other variations. | |
| Oct 3, 2016 at 17:44 | vote | accept | Shannon Severance | ||
| Oct 1, 2016 at 12:27 | history | answered | scruss | CC BY-SA 3.0 |