In article <1989Oct2.205642.5715 at esegue.segue.boston.ma.us> johnl at esegue.segue.boston.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes: >So what's the real reason early versions printed a semicolon before login: ? Just on the off-chance that you really want an answer to this one, "ESC ;" would put a Tektronix 4014 into small-font mode.