[GreenKeys] THE 19 AND 14 WORK FINE BUT THE OPERATOR NEEDS PRACTICE!

[John Lawson]

Well, Jan - this is all VY FB OM!


One point about 'Teletype typing' as opposed to 'typewriter typing' - 
(apart from the obvious LTRS-FIGS CR/LF stuff) - is that on a manual 
typewriter, one types in more or less 'bursts'...  whereas for Teletype 
work, operators were taught to type in a very smooth rhythm - in fact most 
operators could send 60 WPM and stay just behind the machine. It was 
difficult to tell a good operator from a tape.

   When I learned Teletypwriting, I got up to about 25WPM using the TTY 
rhythm - spacing each character equal to the next, including the 'control' 
functions - which was the hardest part.  But that's the 'style' that needs 
to be adopted if one is going to really be 100% into the mechanical TTY 
world.

   Nowadays, it takes me about a half-hour of 'noodling' before my aging 
fingers remember where they are - and then afterwards, going back to the 
computer...   !

   Its quite fascinating what various programs do with 
'enter-enter-cntrl-alt' - which is approximately on my laptop keyboard 
where the TTY control keys map to.    :}

  Cheers

John KB6SCO