[GreenKeys] Telex/TWX?

[Richard Dillman]

I have a question.  But first a story.

Back in the early eighties in installed a teletype link between my house and my girlfriend's house.  Those were the days when you could call up the telephone company and order a 50 baud line between any two points.  When the installers showed up at my place they were confused.  "We hate to bother you, we must have the wrong address.  The order says we're supposed to terminate a teletype line here but it's a residence, not a business."  I ushered them in and explained the situation.  "Ah!", they saud.  "We will make sure it's an extra clean line!"  So Donna and I had our nice little link, complete with auto start, well before email was a gleam in the general public's eye.

We went our different ways but always kept in touch.  Tonight she sent me an email about the TWX machine she had at an airline she worked for.  She asked what the derivation of the term TWX (or telex, for that matter) is.  I didn't know the answer.  I'm sure someone here does.

RD

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Richard Dillman, W6AWO
Maritime Radio Historical Society
http://www.radiomarine.org
Collector of Harleys, Willys and
Radios over 100lbs.
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