[GreenKeys] [Bulk] Telegrapher's "Mill"

[Bruce Gentry]

Bruce Gentry wrote:
> Lee Mushel wrote:
>> Gentlemen,
>>
>> What was the time that caps only machines were used and called 
>> "mills?"   I know that in amateur radio in the mid 50s any typewriter 
>> was referred to as a "mill."   I am still hoping that someone comes 
>> up with the source of the word.
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Lee   K9WRU
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Tighe" <larryradio at att.net>
>> To: "Derek Cohn/WB0TUA" <vibroplex at mindspring.com>; 
>> <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 6:37 PM
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] [Bulk] Telegrapher's "Mill"
>>
>>
>>  
>>> Derek et. al.
>>>
>>> FWIW
>>>
>>> All caps typewriters were the preferred machine in radio newsrooms.  In
>>> fact, they came with large type too!
>>>
>>> lar
>>> K2IA
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>>   
> In the Air Force in the late 60's, they told me "mill" came from the 
> idea of "grinding out copy" . The operator was transformed into a 
> biological digital decoder. I have seen some of these people totally 
> unable to recite what they are hearing, or even write it down, but 
> typed it unerringly. I liken this training to producing a person like 
> some pianists I have known who could not play or sing at all without 
> sheet music, but with it they were very good.  In some ways I regard 
> this as rather demeaning to people, but have very high regard for the 
> skill they have learned. I had a blind friend in high school who could 
> tell you what phone number was being dialed if he could hear the dial 
> clicks or touch tones. He was totally accurate. Have any of you ever 
> known someone who could listen to RTTY tones and decode them?
>
>     Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY
>