XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-11-18 15:49, David Wade wrote:   
   > 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   
      
   Interesting. Also schematics. Mechanical.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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