[GreenKeys] Using a 1930 Teletype as a Linux Terminal

[David Kirk]

New YouTube video posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XLZ4Z8LpEE

    Some commenters requested that we use our restored vintage 1930
    Model 15 Teletype as a terminal for Linux. Hooking up a 5-bit Baudot
    mechanical contraption to a modern OS, even one that is terminal
    friendly, is not without some challenges: adapting to the
    non-standard high voltage 60 mA current loop, interfacing ASCII to
    the much smaller and different Baudot encoding, working in all caps,
    dealing with Baudot FIGS and LTRS modes, and making sure the
    computer doesn't overrun the pokey 45.5 bauds connection. But hey,
    Unix was developed on (much more modern 8-bit) teletypes, so that
    should still work, shouldn't it?

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