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   Grant Taylor to muta...@gmail.com   
   Re: BEL   
   04 Dec 21 15:50:19   
   
   From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 12/4/21 2:28 PM, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > What is the logic behind this functionality? Bells have nothing   
   > to do with display. Meaning stdout is not a display stream.   
      
   Teletypes, a descendant of typewriters, /did/ have a physical bell on them.   
      
   The bell was used to get someone's attention for one reason or another.   
      
      
      
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   Grant. . . .   
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