[GreenKeys] model 32 on the bay starting 99 cents!

[Jerry Murphy]

There are different national standards for what a Telex keyboard should
look like.  There was agreement on the most basic punctuation marks but
there was also a need for some flexibility to serve local needs.  The
dollar sign served no use on a European keyboard but it was essential on
a United States keyboard.  The bracket on the right side of the upper half 
of the F, G, H, Z and V keys of the WU M32 Telex machine lets the typist
know that things will print differently at the other end depending on 
whether you are making a domestic call or an international call. Typing
upper case Z will print a quotation mark on an in-country call but it
will print a plus sign (at the called station) on an international call.  
Good practice was to avoid using the upper-case variants of the F, G, H,
Z and V keys on international calls.  Spelling everything out did away
with the confusion.  Typing USDOLLARS is unambiguous but typing UC F and 
hoping that a dollar sign would print out on a European Telex machine is
going to lead to confusion.

Jerry Murphy

-----Original Message-----
>From: Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net>
>Sent: Nov 21, 2015 7:35 AM
>To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] model 32 on the bay starting 99 cents!
>
>What are the extra functions over the F, G, H, Z & V keys on the M32?? 
>Form feeds??  How were they initiated?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Duncan
>K2OEQ
>