15 Feb
2017
15 Feb
'17
9:40 p.m.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Tony Duell <ard.p850ug1 at gmail.com> wrote:
Over here, the only Teletypes we generally see are
Model 33s. Even the
Model
35 is very uncommon,
In my experience, it's the same in the US: the model 33 has always been
MUCH more common than the 35. Every model 35 I actually saw in service
back in the day was a system console, not for "end users". Presumably it
was desired for the system console to be a heavy-duty and high-reliability
device, and the model 35 was built like a battleship. Actually, even better
than that: it was built like a model 28!
Too bad there wasn't (AFAIK) an upper/lower case version of the 35. I've
never seen a model 37 or model 38 in person, but it appears that they were
light-duty machines like the 33.
I used the model 33 a huge amount from 1977 to 1979, but from 1979 to 1982
I mostly used the DEC LA36 DECwriter II and various CRT terminals.
and 5 bit stuff almost unheard-of.
In the US, common for hams, not common for computers. Maybe they were
common for computers in the early 1960s.
OK, we do see BRPE
punches from time to time.
I'd really like to get one of those!