[GreenKeys] FTGH Mite keyboard

[Duncan Brown]

Ralph,

QSL.  I'm not as familiar with ASCII keyboards as 5-bit ones.

I wondered about the extra red keys on the side also, but figured they 
were "Local" controls, like on the top of the M28 keyboard.

Duncan
K2OEQ

On 02-Nov-20 14:28, Ralph Irish wrote:
> *Duncan*
> *
> *
> *On some ASCII keyboards, you might see "BEL" as the upper case or 
> 'shifted' function on the*
> *letter "G" key.  It was and still is, in some cases, a method of 
> getting someone's attention*
> *in a 'keyboard to keyboard' chat of some kind.  They used BEL instead 
> of BELL, for some reason.*
> *
> *
> *For some kinds of computers, the 'BELL' would be a tone of some kind 
> inside a computer,*
> *probably.*
> *
> *
> *Some MODEL 33 keybaoards might be furnished with that function, also.*
> *
> *
> *I'm guessing Josh may have the two systems confused. *
> *
> *
> *-   -   -   -*
> *
> *
> *I was a bit confused about the several red keys with LTRS and the 
> like.  These represent the*
> *Red Keys on the top row of a Model 28 machine, all for local control, 
> independent of an*
> *incoming signal.  MITE just decided to put them somewhere else, I guess.*
> *
> *
> *73,*
> *
> *
> *Ralph - W8ROI*
> *
> *
> *-   -   -   -   -   -   -   -*
> *
> *
>
> *On Nov 2, 2020, at 1:21 PM, Duncan Brown wrote:*
> *
> *
>> *Josh,
>>
>> There are a lot of variations in the upper case letters of 5-bit 
>> TTYs. But Western Electric was using upper case "S" for "BELL" in 
>> 1919 and all the US military machines I've seen use upper case "S" 
>> for BELL.  Somebody used upper case "J" for BELL, but I've never seen 
>> upper case "G" used for BELL.
>>
>> Have fun,
>>
>> Duncan,
>> K2OEQ
>>
>> On 02-Nov-20 11:13, Josh Bensadon wrote:
>> *
>>> *Hi Paul,
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *I don't need it, I don't even know what it belongs to.  But I'm 
>>> curious if it uses hall effect switches?  Does each key have 4 pins 
>>> soldered in?
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *I wonder why the BELL is on the S key and not G?
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Anyway, I hope someone recognizes it and gives it a good home!
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Cheers,
>>> *
>>> *Josh Bensadon
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
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>>> **Subject:* [GreenKeys] FTGH Mite keyboard
>>> *
>>> *Anyone need this? Pay the shipping and it’s yours.
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *
>>> *Interestingly (to me) I see that this was built very close to where 
>>> I live.
>>> *
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