Question: is there a historical connection between the ASCII Bell character (7, BEL) and the bell command on Babbage’s Analytical Engine?

Mon Feb 22 16:10:58 +0000 2016

Replying to @rickbox

Wikipedia tells me that the BEL character predates C20 computers, since it was used for telegraph messages: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudot_code#Western_Union

Mon Feb 22 17:24:16 +0000 2016

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