[GreenKeys] Hardware word wrap for page printers

[John Nagle]

> From: Jim Haynes<jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
> To: Paul Heller<paul0926 at comcast.net>
> Cc: "<greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>"<greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] FYI
>
> On Thu, 7 Aug 2014, Paul Heller wrote:
>
>> >Hmmm.... time to invent a device that counts characters and inserts CR/LFs.
>> >
>> >Paul
>> >W2TTY

     You need a Western Union Printer Control Unit to fix that.

http://massis.lcs.mit.edu/archives/technical/western-union-tech-review/10-1/p040.htm

     In 1956, WU built a relay-based device to do word wrap when
text keyed without CR LF was sent to page printers. This drove
Model 15RO printers.

     They even had a pin-feed platen printer which took fan-fold
telegram forms, printed one telegram per form, and separated
the pages.  No more gluing down tape on forms!

			John Nagle