[GreenKeys] RTTY VS wire loops, Robot 800C

[Jim Haynes]

On Fri, 3 Dec 2021, Jeffrey Golas wrote:

> I have one of these too, thought it might be good for testing, etc.
>
>> By the way, I just acquired a ROBOT 800C RTTY keyboard. In XMIT mode it 
>> will type directly to the TTY loop! The speed can be changed with a few 
>> keystrokes and it can generate a line of RY's or a FOX. I can see using 
>> it to test a lot of Teletypes. It requires an external loop supply. I

I'm repeating myself, but I have some old laptop PCs with floppy drive
and RS-232 port.  There is an old DOS program called RTTY12G out on the
web, and it turns the laptop into a "glass Teletype".