[GreenKeys] [External] Machine used at airfield offices.

[Jones, Douglas W]

From: Michael Harpe <mailto:mike at mikeharpe.com> -- Date: Tue, Oct 5, 2021

> One machine I remember in his office consisted of a horizontal mechanism
> bed loaded with paper. The machine was connected to another just like it in
> the weather office. What it did was relay handwritten notes using a stylus.
> The writing was duplicated in Dad’s office. The paper would scroll
> vertically when the stylus moved to the upper right corner

> Do any of you recall what this machine was called?  Even better would be
> he actual manufacturer name, part number, etc.

That was a Teleautograph.  There's a rudimentary write-up on Wikipedia:
-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telautograph

       Doug Jones
       jones at cs.uiowa.edu