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In article <1hqbm7INN3c7@CS.UTK.EDU> shuford@cs.utk.edu (Richard Shuford) writes:
> In fact, when the X3.64 document was published (circa 1978), some
> vendors, insisting on using discrete logic designs, objected that the
> standard was so complex it could not be implemented.  Most of these
> vendors are now floating belly-up on the tide of technology.

Actually, the greatest objection was that these sequences were way too long,
and that a binary format would be much shorter leading to a lower overhead
design (even at 1200 baud, which was pretty good for some areas, the X3.64
output generated quite a lot of annoying pauses), plus (as noted) be easier
to implement.

(I thought a sequence based on the Lear Seigler cursor motion code would make
 more sense, myself)

All water under the bridge, just note that OSI isn't the first over-
engineered protocol out there...
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