[GreenKeys] Text to Baudot

[Paul Wills (CKT&T)]

I'm just catching up on the email.  I'm surprised that nobody brought up 
Heavy Metal (a wonderful name, in my opinion).  I've been using it to 
drive my Teletype equipment for years.  It has some pretty powerful 
scripting functionality too.

The original version created by Bill Buzbee can be found here:

http://www.buzbee.net/heavymetal/Intro.htm

It's a bit dated and will probably not run in the latest Perl 
environment although I think the executable will run fine.

Maintenance of the program was taken over by Javier Albinarrate. His 
website can be found here:

http://www.albinarrate.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51:heavymetal

Both were members were (and may still be) members of this august forum.

PDW



On 5/8/2017 10:11 AM, Joe Herdler via GreenKeys wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I suspect that this is a very basic question, but is there a software 
> application that will convert simple text (not rich text) to Baudot?
>
> Then, is there a device that would take that Baudot signal and convert 
> it to current loop? I do have the Black Box device that allows ITTY to 
> control the current loop to allow my Teletype to print the news. That 
> same device should do the same for my text converted by my desired 
> software to Baudot.
>
> My reason for this is that I might use a word processor to generate 
> text to transmit via current loop. That way I can correct my many 
> typos before wasting paper and tape.
>
> Ultimately, I wish to put together some things for folks to print out 
> via TTY on a regular basis, to be accessed either via dial up or internet.
>
> Sorry for the very newbie question!
>
> Best,
>
> Joe Herdler
> KB0TXC
>
>
> NNNN
>
>
> Consciousness affects the medium. Think happy, be happy, and happiness 
> will follow you.