[Boatanchors] Re: Internet was : eBay item 6506630347 (EndsJan-26-05115704PST)-JAPANESE MILITARY RADIOS PAR

[Sheldon Daitch]

Per the NADCOMM timeline

http://www.nadcomm.com/timeline.htm

The Teletype Model 20, which was a six-level
teleprinter, had upper and lower case, and it was
developed  in the 1946-1950 timeframe.  Granted,
the Model 20 series equipment was designed
specifically for the newspaper industry,
the technology could have been used by anyone
willing to buy the equipment.

I am nnot sure that the six-level code would
have been legal in those days, on the ham
bands.

73
Sheldon
WA4MZZ

"John J. McDonough" wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Sanders K0AZ" <k0az at corpranet.net>
> Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] eBay item 6506630347 (Ends
> Jan-26-05115704PST)-JAPANESE MILITARY RADIOS PAR
>
> > Once again. On the original internet we had nothing but communications
> > keyboards in
> > use (All Caps). Mostly in use were various models of teletype machines.
>
> This comment has been bugging me.  In finally did a little digging and this
> is what I found ...
>
>
>
> In any case, the upper/lower case terminal was widespread at least 9 years
> before the "Internet", although hobbyists, like myself, certainly used
> teletypes long after that.  But our upper-case ramblings were certainly
> viewed as boorish by the "real" users in the universities and government.
>
> 72/73 de WB8RCR    http://www.qsl.net/wb8rcr
> didileydadidah     QRP-L #1446 Code Warriors #35
>