I was only thinking about comms stuff in the field or shipboard. But you of course are right about computer systems.
Can’t imagine how long a M33 would last shipboard! M40 and other VDT gear was also installed shipboard in the mid-1980s, but communication was via Baudot.
that's interesting! The major Air Force computer
systems (base supply and personnel) were being upgraded by the
late 70s' to 33s or VDTs of various types so they jumped past the
comm teams.
Steve
On 12/8/24 3:34 PM, Nick England wrote:
I don’t think there was any military ASCII until
the mid-1990s or later when email began to appear. Certainly,
ships in the 1980s were still being outfitted with Model 28
Baudot equipment.
newbie question from a 33 person:
was the military TTY hardware in 1969 (like the stuff
here) still running Baudot or had they switched to
ASCII by then?