[GreenKeys] Western Union Five Level and 1968 ASCII Code Card
Jeffrey Angus
jdangus at att.net
Sat Jan 27 14:38:01 EST 2018
On 1/27/18 11:31 AM, Paul Heller wrote:
> First, the TELEX convention of +? when you want to turn over
> conversation to the other person. I figured it was only my 32
> which could not generate the +, but I see + is not even in the
> WU TELEX standard. Was the TELEX code different in Europe?
Western Union code card doesn't show either + or = on the card.
<http://rtty.com/CODECARD/WesternUnionCodeCardFront.jpg>
> Second, my 32 has a funny keyboard with alternate value show,
> but not active, for some of the keys. For example, FIGS-Z can
> be “ or +; FIGS-V can be ; or =; Not sure what the = sign is all
> about because it is not on that chart anywhere!
However, CCIT No. 2 has + as Figs Z and = as Figs V.
Both are on my Lorenz Lo15b
<https://farm6.static.flickr.com/5218/5486286340_7a21ef30bf_b.jpg>
Probably what you have is "This is what we'll print vs what the rest
of the civilized world will print on their machines."
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"I am a river to my people."
Jeff-1.0
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