[GreenKeys] Looking for a Telex machine

simon simski at dds.nl
Mon Nov 30 08:42:53 EST 2015


cool. thanks for the info. german is not a problem here.

simon

On 30-11-15 11:59, Fred Sonnenrein wrote:
> Hi simon and all,
> i have develloped most of the i-telex system. Some ideas and the "operating system"
> for the network interface i took from a project called "OpenMCP".
> All project data is hold at sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/itelex
> Most of the documentation and the source code itself is in german language.
> But there is a description of the protocol in english: see
> http://sourceforge.net/p/itelex/code-0/HEAD/tree/trunk/CommunicationSpecification.doc?format=raw
> This description is not finished yet.
> But you don't even need to read this, the i-telex stations are also capable of
> "listening and talking"
> ascii like telnet protocol, but on port 134.
> So if you connect by telnet to sonnibs.no-ip.org:134 you can print anything you want
> on my siemens T100S.
> Because in germay most internet providers change the ip-address of users every
> 24 hours,
> the i-telex-system also implements a kind of "name-server".
> The "name" of each registered station is a number from 5 to 8 digits.
> All registered users can be seen at
> http://sonnibs.no-ip.org/ --> i-Telex (English) --> Subscriber directory
> Those marked with "DynIP" have a "floating" ip-address.
> I hope i answered the basic questions, if not feel free to ask again.
> I'm currently working on an adapted version for 45 baud and the USTTY
> character set and i think i'll finish it in a few weeks.
> Fred
> *Gesendet:* Montag, 30. November 2015 um 09:41 Uhr
> *Von:* simon <simski at dds.nl>
> *An:* greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> *Betreff:* Re: [GreenKeys] Looking for a Telex machine
> Do you have any technical information: ip numbers, ports, packet
> architecture, etc.. we are very fluent in using avr microcontrollers,
> small embedded linux boards like the BeagleBone Black and Raspberry Pi,
> and we already run a t1000 as a twelex twitter terminal, so something
> can be coocked up quite easy if we know the right protocol.
>
> Me myself build a ascii-art imageprinter using a video camera and a
> raspberry pi even using overprint to get more greytones, all done in a
> few lines of python and bash, using some optos and uln2004 chips to
> drive the telex.
>
> simon
>
> On 28-11-15 14:46, Henning Treumann via GreenKeys wrote:
>   > Hi Simon,
>   >
>   > thanks for your inteerst in our system.
>   >
>   > What we have developed is a real Telex exchange with the means of modern
>   > microcontrollers and interconnection via the internet. It would have been
>   > the
>   > size of a full room back 50 years ago...
>   > Every of our systems are a small "local" telex exchange. We have modular
>   > ports
>   > for literally every telex connection system of the world, including that in
>   > the Netherlands
>   > used TW39 signalling type A version (keyboard dialling).
>   >
>   > So, any of your T37, T100 or T1000 with external or built in Telex control
>   > unit
>   > will be fine to work with our system as we "emulated" the original telex
>   > standards.
>   > Many of us even use the old (historical) telex number of their machines.
>   >
>   > You can either dial up locally to another machine also connected to you
>   > local
>   > system or by using a prefix number like 0 to the outer world via an
>   > internet connection.
>   > Plus other features like web based connection to the machine etc.
>   >
>   > The TXP system (as we call it, derivated from our beginnings of the
>   > project as *T*ele*XP*hone
>   > with modems of POTS lines) is modular designed.
>   > In order to be both modular and also to find mechanical parts and cases
>   > (e.g. 19" racks) easily
>   > we followed the European industrial standard using standardized "Eurocard"
>   > size PCBs.
>   > See attached photo of my own Telex switch Blumenhagen :-)
>   >
>   > It has become a real vital network meanwhile, with an constantly
>   > increasing number
>   > of members /subscribers. Some are very active some less but generally all
>   > machines
>   > are online 24/7 to leave messages...or chat directly.
>   >
>   > You and your group are welcome to join us.
>   >
>   > Henning
>   > Blumenhagen/Germany
>   >
>   > www.teleprinter.net <http://www.teleprinter.net>
>   > i-Telex: 92612 and 55571
>   >
>   > +++
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   >
>   > 2015-11-27 21:51 GMT+01:00 simon <simski at dds.nl>:
>   >
>   >> we at hack42 are interested to place a machine in a public place like the
>   >> local library, but I am not yet sure if this is a good idea.
>   >>
>   >> Of course we could place one of the other machines in our space...
>   >>
>   >> In our collection there are two Siemens T37, one T100, two T1000 and a TT
>   >> model 14 in 5bit. we have some 8bit teletypes as well, including the 33 and
>   >> 43 models.
>   >>
>   >> Are those machines right for this network?
>   >>
>   >>
>   >> On 26-11-15 03:15, Mark Hall wrote:
>   >>
>   >>> Hello everyone.
>   >>>
>   >>> I'm looking for a Telex machine.
>   >>>
>   >>> After researching Henning's reply to "Heathkit":
>   >>>
>   >>> "We call it i-Telex.
>   >>> About 30+ members mostly in Germany, but also Australia, Canada, Italy,
>   >>> the Netherlands.
>   >>>
>   >>> see:
>   >>> http://francokok.com/index.php/telex-phone
>   >>>
>   >>> a better (own) website to come....
>   >>>
>   >>> 73,
>   >>> Henning DF3OE"
>   >>>
>   >>> I thought- this sounds interesting. Anyone know where
>   >>> an unwanted machine might be? There is one guy in Canada
>   >>> doing this as well. But none so far in the U.S. I'd take a run at
>   >>> it. If for nothing more than like what the Indian said about
>   >>> a member of his tribe being sent to Congress:
>   >>>
>   >>> "We never send our smartest ones there."
>   >>>
>   >>> Guinea pig, I...
>   >>>
>   >>> 73!
>   >>>
>   >>> Mark
>   >>>
>   >>>
>   >>>
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