[GreenKeys] ITTY

[Norm]

George
I want to thank you and all the people that you mentioned in your email, of 
the work all of you have done with the ITTY, and having it back working for 
us.
Thanks again
Norm
WB7WEQ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "George B. Hutchison" <w7tty at centurylink.net>
To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2012 7:17 AM
Subject: [GreenKeys] ITTY


> Some very influential people have convinced me to restart ITTY.
>
> ITTY is now up and running. Autostart and national will soon follow
> suit.
>
> ITTY is not as glorious as many RTTY  or other data/RTTY management
> programs, but it runs and runs well.
>
> We are very fortunate to have Bill Bytheway as the software
> mastermind for the system.
>
> Many do not know this, but the original system we use was started
> back in 1998 when the experimental RTTY broadcasts were being run.
> It is older software that has been improved and modified to perform
> the ITTY tasks.
>
> Bill was the first to figure out how to get the RS-232 ports in XP
> to run at low speeds with the different data and stop bits and baud
> rates used in teletype transmission.
>
> It really takes a crew to run it. For that be ever thankful to Wayne
> LeTourneau, Tom Tillson, and Don House who are pretty damned good
> news ferrets and have put literally thousands of hours over the past
> eight years or so to bring everyone interested material for their
> machines to print.
>
> For those who might be interested in joining I urge you to stay
> interested, but wait a few weeks as we are in the process of making
> things simpler for those interested but are bewildered by the
> apparent complexities of the current system.
>
> Bill is taking a break to try and reunite a group of people who have
> drifted apart.
>
> Steve Jones, W0TTY,  is going to assist in making the various system
> address translations into what will become an easier system for the
> software intimidated to comprehend and utilize.
>
> When he is back from his sojurn to California, Bill, Steve, and I
> will meet at some manner of gin mill or bawdy house to synchronize
> the implimentation of the improvements.
>
> Stay tuned, but there will be no film from the bawdy house, just
> some easier to comprehend and use software.
>
> Enjoy,
>
> George - W7TTY - ITTY Central
>
>
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