[GreenKeys] First remote computer access - with a Model 26!

[Paul Birkel]

And they were probably quite right to think that.  We're talking about a
computer based on racks of relays.

Lots of racks ... and bi-quinary encoding.

http://history-computer.com/ModernComputer/Relays/Stibitz.html 

-----Original Message-----
From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jim Haynes
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2018 10:05 PM
To: Duncan Brown
Cc: Green Keys
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] First remote computer access - with a Model 26!

Yes, and I think the reason they used a Model 26 was that the eggheads
at Bell Labs thought it was easier to modify the code of the machine
to their needs rather than to build a code converter between their needs
and standard Baudot.  The 26 having removable type pallets was easier
to modify than a 15 would have been.
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