[GreenKeys] Piece in the paper today

[Jeffrey Angus]

On 4/5/2011 9:29 PM, Bill Horne wrote:
> Since I learned to type on a Model 19, I'm partial to
> Teletype keyboards: the pallets never jam like they do
> on a manual typewriter, and the speed limit of a Model
> 19 tends to help me plan my typing and thus make fewer
> mistakes.
Mmmm, the Model 19. Now that one had  mechanical disconnect
on the keyboard that allowed you to type directly (electrically) to
the tape punch unit, and that thing would allow you to type as
fast as you were capable of typing. No speed restrictions due to the
rotating shaft driving the keyboard.

When in a round table with others on RTTY back in the '70s, I would
"type ahead" with the tape punch, then since I could type at around
45 WPM conversationally, I could usually hold up my end of the
round table at a solid 60 WPM. I'd keep an eye on the buffer, (i.e.
the tape loop) and when it got close to the end, I'd sign over to the
next guy.

Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi