[GreenKeys] So what else can I do with this?

[John Nagle]

> Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2016 23:42:38 -0500
> From: "drlegendre ."<drlegendre at gmail.com>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] So what else can I do with this?
>
> I've pretty much done what I need to do with my M15 / C-64 project, but I
> still have this M15 sitting in the shop.
>
> So just what the heck do you guys do with these old girls? I've heard tell
> of Internet TTY and so forth, but how would that be approached?
>
> Much as I love it, it would be good if I could put it to some use, so it's
> not just sitting collecting dust, you know? If these machines are like most
> others, inertia is among their worst enemies..


Many of you have already seen our steampunk telegraph office:

	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F_hhp4nCHE

         www.aetherltd.com

Text a message in, and it prints it up as a telegram.  We even have 
costumed telegraph messagers.

Setting this up is kind of complicated, because it takes a hosting
account, server side software, a Twilio SMS to HTTP account, and
"baudotrss" software on the computer connected to the Teletype.
But Steve Garrison did it recently for a demo.

(Somebody really should do SMS to Teletype as a phone app.)

Any RSS feed can easily be printed.  We usually follow Reuters,
because their feed has complete sentences. AP cuts off news summaries
after some arbitrary length. I have a Model 14 tape printer at home
which prints Reuters news items as they come in, powering down when
there's no new traffic.  That's a good use for a Model 15, and
"baudotrss" or Heavy Metal can support that.

					John Nagle