[GreenKeys] Teletypes and Text messages

[Steve Garrison]

Yes Bruce there is!  I use it all the time.  It is John Nagle’s BaudotRSS software.  There is more to it than just running the software, as you have to have a server somewhere to handle the SMS traffic.  It is not trivial to set up, but I got it done, so it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to get it going.   I use Twilio for my phone number and SMS messaging (costs $1.00 per month for the phone number and just fractions of a cent for each message handled.)  And for the server I use a cloud server from Digital Ocean, it costs me $5.00 per month, but I use it for other things as well.   I’ve been using this for several years now and it is quite a hit with those young and old at shows where I demo the machine.  My display is referred to as “A Marriage of Old and New Technology, The Original Text Machines.”

 

I see that Jordan has replied as well, so as in anything there is more than one way to skin a cat!

 

Steve G./N4TTY

 

From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Bruce Gentry
Sent: Saturday, September 1, 2018 12:43 PM
To: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [GreenKeys] Teletypes and Text messages

 

I may be asking about something long ago solved, but is there any software or hardware that allows incoming text messages on a phone to start up and print out on a teleprinter, and better yet, to be responded to with the keyboard? 

    Bruce Gentry, KA2IVY  

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