From: gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net   
      
   On 12/4/21 7:02 PM, muta...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   Are you familiar with HTTP error 418?   
      
   There's a reason that it references a teapot.  Specifically because   
   there was a coffee pot on the Internet at the time the 418 error was   
   registered.   
      
   > It's not to get someone's attention, it's to keep them awake.   
      
   Are you referring to the bell or the coffee pot?   
      
   The bell most definitely was to get someone's attention.  For the exact   
   same reason why terminals (emulators) use the bell today.  The terminal   
   (emulator) had output that should get your attention sooner than you   
   would otherwise see it.   
      
   > A similar principle. What is the principle of the data stream   
   > that is sent to a terminal?   
      
   What layer are you talking about?   
      
   Purely application data?   
      
   Control characters (below application data)?   
      
   Line encoding (below control characters)?   
      
   Something else?   
      
      
      
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