XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   Dennis Boone wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > > Telex calls were charged by the minute and most Telex machines had paper   
   > > tape readers and punches, so what one usually did was to type up the   
   > > message on tape first, then make the call and run the tape through at   
   > > full speed.   
   >   
   > Later, say late 70s / early 80s, devices like HP 264x terminals with   
   > cassette data storage drives were used to pre-type and store messages,   
   > then send from tape.  I saw this exact setup used in a government office   
   > in Saudi Arabia.   
      
   Sorta like my Vic 20!   
      
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