[GreenKeys] M28 Burn Out
George B. Hutchison
W7TTY at olypen.com
Sun Dec 27 14:53:21 EST 2009
Bill & GreenKeyers - - -
You were just a kid when the 3612.5 & 14075 autostart nets were in
their peak.
There was no limit back then, it was just up to the presenter how
long he wanted to type.
Also, you never got your ass in a sling with Irv, W6FFC. If you
rattled Irv the wrong way, the amount of copy which came out of your
machine was directly proportional to how pissed he was.
I had a couple of thirty minute runs in my time, at full keyboard
speed. And Irv did not need paper tape unless he was so upset and
furious that he needed to punch a tape because at 60 WPM the machine
could not send fast enough for him. He was a consummate touch typist
on any keyboard, and could keep up a conversation while typing 100 or
more WPM.
The length of whatever comes over autostart is just part of the game,
and I think imposing limits is just plain wrong.
W7TTY
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