[GreenKeys] FTGH Mite keyboard

[Josh Bensadon]

Thanks to Harold, Sam, Jim and Ralph for your responses.

Harold, that's so awesome to see old magazines from 100 years ago!  The English is a little different.
Anyway, I don't want to hijack this thread and go off topic.

Thanks again for the responses.

Josh



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From: Sam Hallas <s.hallas at ntlworld.com>
Sent: Monday, November 2, 2020 6:23 PM
To: Josh Bensadon <jbensadon at hotmail.com>; Green Keys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] FTGH Mite keyboard

Josh Bensadon wrote:
> Thank you Harold, So Baudot is this 5 bit TTY stuff?  (sorry for dumb
> question / excuse my ignorance).

Baudot is a popular, sloppy usage meaning, these days, International
Telegraph Alphabet No 2, which uses 5 bits of data with start and stop
bits to maintain synchronism. The original 5-bit code used by M. Baudot
was different and was sent synchronously (no start and stop).

> If using only 5 bits, then (given only
> 32 combinations) would shifted characters result in a 2 code sequence?

No. Once the Figures shift character is sent the shift is 'sticky' like
pressing Caps Lock. Everything is shifted until a Letters shift is sent
and everything goes back to normal.

Hope that makes things a bit clearer.

Have a browse at https://www.rtty.com/ for much more info.

Sam


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