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1. Solderpunk (solderpunk@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2017 17:10:30 UTC Solderpunk

   Who knows what the four "device control" characters in ASCII (0x10 - 0x14) were originally used for? All the obvious control actions for mechanical typing devices (line feed, carriage return, etc.) already have dedicated characters of their own...

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   • æon (aeonofdiscord@icosahedron.website)'s status on Saturday, 30-Dec-2017 17:21:35 UTC æon

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     @solderpunk apparently they're based off the Teletype Model-33, and they mean
     0x11 (XON) start/resume transmitting on the wire)
     0x12 start punching tape
     0x13 (XOFF) stop transmitting on the wire
     0x14 stop punching tape

     also it had an actual physical bell attached, hence 0x7 BEL

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