Date   : Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:01:18 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Electric Dreams last night.

Rick Murray wrote:
> PS: Can anybody explain why viewdata uses '#' to mark Return? And for
> clueless newbs, does pressing '#' do the same thing?
 
'cos there are only 12 keys on a Prestel terminal: 0-9, * and #
0-9  mean follow link 0-9
*    means enter new page number
#    terminates a input line started with *
 
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