[GreenKeys] Was the FBI still using Teletype machines back in the mid 1990's?

[sdaitch at ibb.gov]

Don, 

you might absolutely be right in that the FBI was really using Teletype machines that late, but another possibility is that teletype became more of a generic term for official message traffic, no matter what type of machine was being used.  

Some habits and terms die hard.

73
Sheldon
WA4MZZ

----- Original Message -----
From: Don Robert House <drhouse at nadcomm.com>
Date: Monday, November 28, 2005 9:12 pm
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Was the FBI still using Teletype machines back in the mid 1990's?

> Unknown but quite possible.   M37s, M43s,  M40s, M44s and M45s 
> were  
> in use into the 90s by several organizations.  Many had purchased  
> spares in large numbers. Maintenance was provided by:  Railroad  
> personnel, Navy personnel, Telephone Co. personnel,  and several  
> contractors such as DataCap, Inc. in San Diego.
> 
> AMTRAK
> Wisconsin prisons
> Union Pacific Railroad
> U.S. Navy
> Canadian armed forces
> Russian government
> A few telephone companies
> 
> To name a few.
> 
> Regards,
> Don
> K9TTY
> 
> 
> On 28 Nov 2005, at 3:42 PM, Mark T. Regan, K8MTR wrote:
> 
> Saw this headline:
> 
> FBI Teletypes Provide Detail On Oklahoma Bombing
> http://kutv.com/topstories/local_story_331180710.html
> 
> Was the FBI still using Teletype machines back in the mid 1990s?
> 
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