[cctalk] Re: Computer Museum uses GreaseWeazle to help exonerate Maryland Man

I worked with one of those on the PLATO system in 1976, where it was used in bitmap graphics mode to print music scores. That at first worked very badly because the paper transport was chain driven, with enough slack in the drive that if you'd stop and start it, you'd get irregular paper feeding with as a result gaps in the graphics. I fixed this by writing a new driver that was designed to stream, so it would never stop in mid-job. The discussion about fast typing reminded me of a related and in some ways more amazing record: the one set by Ted McElroy around 1938 for fastest Morse code copying. That record is 75 wpm, so obviously he had to type that fast. In 1938, would that have been on a manual typewriter? I suspect so. Either way, it's impressive to recognize the audio patterns of Morse code sent at blinding speed, and type what's received -- with some lag most likely because Morse code is variable length so the letters don't arrive in a steady cadence. paul