[GreenKeys] Re: RTTY...TTY...TDD

[gil smith]

Hi Jay:

Well, that is a question for the tty folks on the greenkeys list:  anyone 
know when "TTY" was first coined?

thanks,

gil


At 06:50 am 7/17/03, you wrote:
>Hello
>
>         This may seem like an odd request. I am from the deaf community 
> and on one of our chat groups, we have been arguing about when the term 
> "TTY" as opposed to teletype first came into use. Can you give us some 
> history on when "TTY" first was used? I seem to think it was at least 
> before or on about 1950 when they published RTTY Journal. Thank you.
>
>Cheers!
>Jay Hall

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