[GreenKeys] Other military Ratt/Teletype survivors

[Nick England]

ALL CAPS predates Teletype use. Radiomen copied Morse using a “mill”
typewriter with no shift needed - all caps, a 1 key, and a slashed zero. So
all messages were in ALL CAPS format with no confusion between O and 0 or 1
and L.
When the change to upper-lower case came, the Wall Street Journal ran an
article, illustrating it with a drawing of a MITE. I was disappointed it
wasn’t a M28, but they probably wanted to save column inches.
Drawing
https://www.navy-radio.com/tty/ksr/ugc41-wsj-01.jpg
Photo on my web site
https://www.navy-radio.com/tty/ksr/ugc41-01.JPG

Mill typewriters and a downloadable font for your computer
https://www.navy-radio.com/morse-mill.htm


Cheers
Nick



On Thu, Apr 6, 2023 at 10:50 PM steve bennett via GreenKeys <
greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

> The navy was still using ALL CAPS to send messages up until 2013!
> Not sure but I think this practice had it roots in Teletype.
> Maybe Nick can explain that one.
>
> -Steve
>
> --
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com
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