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Re: old escape sequences
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Dave Waroff <[log in to unmask]>
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Dave Waroff <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 14 May 2003 08:59:41 -0700
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I think HP invented this style of escape sequence.
Many are the same for HP displays and printers.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Greg Stigers [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 4:12 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT: old escape sequences
>
>
> My question is more like the question about BASIC. I understand that
> "[Esc](s3B" turns on bold. What I was trying to get at, is
> who invented
> this? Which printer first used this? Which company set this de facto
> standard?
>
> I wrote:
> > Does anyone care to reminisce? Who first said "[Esc](s3B" turns on
> > bold?
>
> Greg Stigers
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