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Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022

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On Thu, 01 Dec 2022 15:19:07 +0000, Scott Lurndal wrote:

> Unix supported lower-case, even from uppercase only peripherals like a
> teletype.    By allowing the user to escape the uppercase characters to
> produce the lower-case equivelent (or vice versa, see next paragraph).
> 
> The login program would, if it detected upper-case input, automatically
> downcase it before using it for both the username and the password and
> set a flag in the terminal driver to perform such downcasing
> automatically, in which case the user would escape (prefix with a
> backslash) to obtain uppercase.

I remember that! We had two or three terminals that did lower case, and 
some teletypes. There was always a rush to get to the former, of course.



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      Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022 Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2022-11-30 03:11 -0400
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    Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-11-30 17:57 +0000
      Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-11-30 15:57 -0700
        Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022 Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2022-11-30 23:10 +0000
          Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022 Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2022-11-30 18:19 -0700
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            Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022 Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2022-12-01 16:03 -0800
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        Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022 Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2022-12-01 05:19 +0000
        Re: Fred P. Brooks, 1931-2022 scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2022-12-01 15:19 +0000
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