[GreenKeys] Heavy Metal, Etc.

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On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 08:40:08PM -0600, Paul Heller wrote:
> I've been in this museum. It is outstanding. I hope you get lots of help, Al.
> 
> Bridging the modern (cell phone text messages or whatever) with old school teletypes is a great idea and should really draw in the younger generation.  I look forward to hearing about your project and maybe seeing it next time I am again in New Jersey.
> 
> Paul
> 

I've just mostly finished a hardware-only version of this actually :) 
Pop in a sim card and send and receive SMS messages on a teletype. 
The dev board has bluetooth and rs232 as well, so maybe a computer link
is in the future as well. It currently handles the ASCII-Baudot conversion,
with shifts, etc.. and the line timing. Entertainingly, the onboard UART
on a modern ARM system-on-chip can still be persuaded to run at 45.45 baud,
5 bits, etc... even with a 48 MHz system clock. :) 

eric

> 
> On Jun 23, 2010, at 7:20 PM, Al Klase wrote:
> 
> > Greetings,
> > 
> > I'm new to the list.  I am currently involved is setting up a WWII 
> > Signal Corps display at The Radio Technology Museum at InfoAge located 
> > at the site of the Evans Signal laboratory in New Jersey.  See:  
> > http://www.rtm.ar88.net/
> > 
> > Part of the concept is to emphasize the important role played by 
> > wire-line communications to include teletype.  We have a Model 19 we're 
> > resurrecting, and couple more in storage, so we should be OK with hardware.
> > 
> > We'd like to set up a meaningful demonstration to capture the 
> > imaginations of young people.  It would be really cool if we could text, 
> > tweet, belch, or whatever it is they do with computers and cellphones 
> > from a mechanical device.
> > 
> > The "Heavy Metal" software package sounded like a good place to start, 
> > but when I visited the website, I found the links to the actual software 
> > to be dead, and the dates suggest this was something that happened 6-8 
> > years ago.  So, I'm appealing to the TTY experts for suggestion as to 
> > how to proceed.  Any help appreciated.
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Al
> > 
> > -- 
> > Al Klase - N3FRQ
> > Jersey City, NJ
> > http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/
> > 
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