[GreenKeys] 6 Bit? Linotype TTS?

[Philipp Hachtmann]

Hi again,


> <http://www.galleyrack.com/images/artifice/letters/press/compline/literature/tts/sales/fairchild-tts-tape-code-pocket-rule-1200rgb-verso-rot0p6cw-crop-7744x1736-scale-1536x344.jpg>
I already found that in the "Linotype Instruktionsbuch" from 1961 which I have 
at hand. I now have some Fairchild and Linotype docs and spares lists from my 
new machine sitting in the car.

> The other unusual feature of TTS tape is that the feed holes
> align with the leading edge of the data holes, not with their centerlines
> (curiously, the image above does not represent this, even though
> this is a scan of the back of a pocket rule from Fairchild).
Really? I have not yet seen a TTS tape.

> A couple of years ago, I spent way too much time poking around in the
> early history of printing telegraph codes, with an emphasis on the
> TTS code.  The writeup also explains a bit of the use of the TTS system
> in the context of the Linotype.
> <http://www.circuitousroot.com/artifice/telegraphy/tty/codes/index.html>
Thank you very much for your work and the link! I really enjoyed reading a big 
part of it!


Kind regards

Philipp

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