[GreenKeys] A noteworthy date in Teletype history

[gfmurphy at earthlink.net]

Greenkeyers:

Today is a noteworthy date in Teletype history.  50 years ago today, on August 31, 
1962, all 60,000 TWX machines in the US switched from manual service to dial service.
For the subscriber, all that had to be done was to turn a switch located underneath
the 101 data set.  The switch-over was done at the end of the business day.  Then 
as now, August 31 was the Friday before the Labor Day weekend.  The Bell System gave 
themselves the 3 day holiday to work out the inevitable kinks in the cutover.

Jerry Murphy