[KL7AA] Re: Inside look at an old Teletype Model 15 for the curious

[JD Delancy]

Interesting reading.  When I was entered active USAF duty in the 
mid-60's, I was schooled to be a teletype operator.  The schoolhouse had 
Model-15's and Model-19's..  My first assignment was in TA-land 
(Turkey); the center had modern machines, Model-25's and Model-28's plus 
some 15's and 19's.  Those mechanical monsters were fun at 45 baud (60 
wpm).  When they got upgraded to 75 baud (100 wpm) we thought that was fast!

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Subject: 	Inside look at an old Teletype Model 15 for the curious
Date: 	Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:42 -0600
From: 	Rick Herndon <k5fni at sent.com>


http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/11/inside_a_1930s_teletype_m.html
plus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleprinter

These two links have some continuing interest for hams. Newer hams 
may want to find out what older hams are talking about when they 
mention Teletype machines. Older ones may want to reminisce or look 
up the approximate date of manufacture of machines they may have used 
in past years.

I was a Radioman in the Navy in the mid-1960's. We used model 28 and 
32 machines on the ship I was on during active duty.

Another interesting discussion along these lines (that also includes 
discussion of the teleprinter keyboards) is found at
http://www.diycalculator.com/sp-qwerty.shtml
and it brings in the history of the keyboard and variants of it; why 
we call letters "uppercase" and "lowercase"; and punched paper tapes 
used in communications, among MANY other interesting and possibly 
obscure facts.

Rick Herndon
K5FNI
Mathis TX