XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: g4ugm@dave.invalid   
      
   On 18/11/2024 14:11, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2024-11-15 21:23, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >> On 2024-11-15, Scott Lurndal  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> "Carlos E.R."  writes:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 2024-11-15 00:11, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Damn, the things one remembers...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> They were in use at my time, somewhere, but I never saw one. Faxes were   
   >>>> what they used.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Did teletypes use phone lines, with an audio coupler? Or dedicated   
   >>>> lines?   
   >>>   
   >>> Yes.   
   >>>   
   >>>   (both)   
   >>   
   >> Well put.  :-)   
   >>   
   >> Common dial-up services were Telex (Baudot, typically with Teletype   
   >> model 32s, although a PPOE used a Siemens machine), and TWX   
   >> (Teletypewriter Exchange), which ran ASCII, typically on Teletype   
   >> model 33s.   
   >>   
   >   
   > I suppose an operator had to type directly at the machine. Or, was there   
   > a method to type at some kind of offline machine, then take over   
   > something, like perforated tape?   
   >   
   >   
   Well if your machine had a punch you could prepare a tape off-line , and   
   then send full speed when you had it ready and checked. In the UK Creed   
   did produce "perforators", so a keyboard with a punch so I am sure   
   Teletype did in the USA   
      
   https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/creed_keyboard_perforator_type_44.html   
      
   Dave   
      
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