From: fbkotler@myfairpoint.net   
      
   On 12/04/2021 09:02 PM, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 9:50:13 AM UTC+11, Grant Taylor 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.   
   >   
   > And if I had designed a teletype in the same era that had a   
   > coffee maker attached, would the designers of ASCII have   
   > reserved a control character to switch it on?   
      
   We don't know.   
      
   Best,   
   Frank   
      
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