[GreenKeys] Using a 1930 Teletype as a Linux Terminal

[Keith Lueck]

 Thanks for the link David.  
CuriousMarc has a great channel - he's restored a 15, a 19 and a 33.  Those videos are a great reference, especially the one for the 33...  
So, I guess there was another version of the 15 keyboard for the military - in the video at ~8:00 he's typing a blank character using a key to the right of the line feed key.  My 15 keyboard doesn't have that key.  What gives?  Is there any way to generate that character with "standard" 15 keyboard?  My keyboard (actually a fractions version) has "tab" for figs Z and "stop" for figs H.  Is it one of those?  
Keith
    On Wednesday, April 15, 2020, 08:01:09 AM CDT, David Kirk <david at kirk.net> wrote:  
 
   
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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