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   From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 22:19:48 +0000, Sn!pe wrote:   
   >   
   > > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 18:45:48 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >> > Original Teletype machines ran at 45.45 baud.   
   > >>   
   > >> I remember labels on Creed machines saying "50Bd".   
   > >   
   > > I had a Creed 7B 60 years ago, I used it for RTTY.  It had two   
   > > governers, one for 45.45 Bd, the other for 50Bd.  They had white   
   > > strobe marks on the circumference to set the speed accurately.   
   >   
   > Hmmm ... presumably the strobe marks were for use with a fluorescent   
   > light ... driven from AC mains frequency? Did they have different marks   
   > for 50Hz versus 60Hz mains?   
   >   
   > No, that wouldn't work, you would need entirely different gearing for the   
   > strobe wheel ...   
      
   IIRC 50Bd was the US standard, most common in the rest of the world   
   was 45.45Bd  There was no gearing involved, the governor was attached   
   directly to the motor spindle and the strobe timing marks were on the   
   governors themselves.  I think (I'm not sure) that there were a   
   different number of strobe marks on either governor.   
      
   I speak from personal experience but it was 60 years ago when I was   
   a teenager and memory is a tricky thing.   
      
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