[GreenKeys] Heavy Metal Usage in the Deaf Community

[Doug Alderdice]

I can't speak to how common the TDD equipment was, but I can say that 
one of my 28 KSRs was formerly in TDD service, to the best of my 
knowledge.  I found it at the curb in front of a social service agency 
that has a TDD number on its sign.  It was just the machine, no other 
equipment was with it.  I managed to grab the machine about a block 
ahead of the garbage truck!

73,

Doug, KA2WFT


On 3/19/2018 1:00 PM, Jordan Spencer Cunningham wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I know that some of the old machines (M15, M19, probably M28, probably 
> others) were used by the deaf community back before the smaller, less 
> expensive machines were manufactured specifically for deaf use over POTS 
> (TDDs).
> 
> I'm just curious-- do we have any deaf on the list here? And does anyone 
> know how common this was back in the day? I've guessed it probably 
> wasn't extremely common in the community due to the expense, additional 
> equipment required to use over POTS, and the significant maintenance and 
> learning threshold, but I really don't know for sure.
> 
> --Jordan