[GreenKeys] CR/LF trivia, in historical context

[Jeff G]

Its a standard setting in most RTTY software, called "auto-cr-cr-lf".

I actually made a web post about it I can link to when needed:
https://www.junknet.net/radio/rtty/crlf/

Jeff

On Tue, Jul 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM Jomar Quilatan <jomarquilatan at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi GKs,
>
> Just out of curiosity...
>
> Was it ever historically customary to add some kind of diddle or buffer
> between transmission of the CR and LF in RTTY, or is that just a modern
> courtesy in some feeds?  I do sometimes wonder if the immediate LF
> after the CR would, over time, "wear out" or cause occasional issues
> lest a machine's CR mechanism be on the slower end to somehow miss
> the LF.
>
> I'm wondering if there's any way to tweak MMTTY to interpret newlines
> with a little bit of buffer between the CR and LF since it seems
> like it doesn't give my M26 a breather on newlines...haha.
>
> Looking forward to your input.
> Thanks and 73,
>
> Jomar
>
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