> The reason, IIRC, was to avoid going over two digits, which would have
> pushed some of Mike's listing files beyond the width of 80 characters
> visible on a VT100 in its normal configuration.
Yes, he reason was probably to do with Mike's filing and documentation.
However, we were already well past SUN/100 by then, and we had plenty of
free slots under 100 for the SGPs and room for many more SSNs. It might
have been four digits and Mike wanted to avoid another millenium bug
at SUN/1000.
Malcolm
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