[GreenKeys] TTY equipment available this spring

[Jordan Spencer Cunningham]

I'd love to give some of this equipment a good home, but I'm a good 1000+ miles away, as usual.

It hurts my heart to hear about this kind of equipment being scrapped. Having brought my machines to a few public events now, I know that both adults and kids of all ages LOVE these machines (especially when they can interact with them using modern technology such as sending SMS, emails, and so forth). They can't get enough of them. My boy really enjoys them, too-- I've started him young (many of you've already seen this): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KtZtc8sVEw

Most visitors have it in their heads that I modified typewriters to communicate automagically, and some still won't believe me when I tell them that they're operating how they were originally designed dating back to 1930 with earlier similar designs before that, and that much of our modern technological infrastructure builds in some way on this technology. People think of floppy disks and amber terminal screens as the "beginning", but then I whip out (lug out? heft out) my teletypes and telegraphs and give them a taste of where it really started. I love me some glass terminal time just like the next nerd, of course, but you can't beat a teletype chattering away with its guts exposed.

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Jordan Spencer Cunningham
teletype.net


On Wed, Feb 27, 2019, at 11:06 AM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
> Damn... I'm going to Dayton...
> 
> 
> On 2/27/2019 12:54 PM, Nick England wrote:
> > Inspired by John Nagle, I had a lot of fun at a couple of Steampunk meets.
> > The kids were really enthralled at texting across the room.
> >
> > I have offered to pick up Doc's TTY collection and re-distribute it at Dayton 
> > and elsewhere.
> > As we discussed in a previous thread, I can store it in my garage in NC until 
> > it finds new owners.
> >
> > It is such awesome technology and we should do what we can to keep it out of 
> > the scrapyard.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Nick England K4NYW
> > www.navy-radio.com <http://www.navy-radio.com>
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 12:24 PM Barnett, Andy <Andy.Barnett at nttdata.com 
> > <mailto:Andy.Barnett at nttdata.com>> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Tony - yep it is a shame this kind of stuff still gets scrapped,
> > especially nowawdays. It may not be glamorous as other archeological
> > finds, but I can tell you - once someone gets hooked, that's it!
> >
> > As this gear was from a key period during the evolution of our modern
> > technology, I'd say that not only is the preservation of these
> > archeological pieces important.... but getting these machines chattering
> > away in front of young kids is vital so they can understand where we came
> > from 😊
> >
> > Cheers!
> > Andy
> >
> >
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