XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: kludge@panix.com   
      
   Carlos E.R.  wrote:   
   >   
   >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?   
      
   Telex and TWX were different but I remember that they both allowed offline   
   message preparation on paper tape and then later in-memory on a smart terminal.   
   --scott   
   --   
   "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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