[GreenKeys] TELEX Answerback format

[Henning Treumann]

The typical format is:

LTRS CR LF 123456 abcd a

The LTRS CR LF section is quite important as you never now in what level
and position the receiving machine is when it receives the incoming call.

The above explained sample is ITU standard but it was not followed by all
countries.
Even France did use something different standard like F123456 ABCD or
Australia did use ABCD AA123456.
As I remember from communication with the US, they often used abbrevations
of their company name without any added number.

If you are looking for a specific old number I can maybe help you.
I have a couple of old Telex directories, even international ones.

best wishes and merry christmas,

Henning

Edemissen / Germany

www.teleprinter.net

i-Telex: 92612 treu d



2014-12-22 9:54 GMT+01:00 Nico de Jong <nico at farumdata.dk>:

> > Hello list people:
> >
> > I am looking for a specification for the answer back response used on
> the Telex
> > network in the old days.
> > Did it end with a CR LF or was it just a structured line not exceeding 20
> > characters?
> > Having used Google, it seems to have a variety of answers.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> *Well, I can tell you what the european format was, or to be more precise,
> the telegraph offices
> that were connected to the Gentex net. They started with LTR or FIG, often
> 2 of them, and ended
> with CRLF. I am not convinced that there were 20 positions, I seem to
> remember 18, but that may be
> a national issue.
> Happy Christmas
> Nico
> (ex 31068 RA GV NL, which is short for Receiver A (op to H), in The Hague,
> in Netherlands)
>
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