20 May
2012
20 May
'12
8:02 a.m.
I wonder what I could get from the assembled group
here to help try to
figure out what terminal might have been used? ?Unfortunately I don't have
any data showing what he did, other than some bits of stories. ?Most of his
photos are interesting, but don't give a hint as to what he was doing.
The US military was a huge user of teleprinters for many years. The
Navy tended to stick with Teletype exclusively, and the Army used both
Teletype and Kleinschmidt. The first serious uses were in the late
1930s, but by the middle of World War 2, Teletypes were quite common.
By the 1950s, they were all over the place - on land, on ships, and
even in the air - linked by landlines, microwaves, and radio links.
The military purchased standard machines from Teletype (14s and 28s
were favorites), but certainly purchased many variations and
semicustom units. It would be impossible to tell what machine he used
just from the tape, as it was standard for the Teletypes.
--
Will