On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 cdrmool(a)interlog.com wrote:
Anyone know the story behind this? Its a small
keyboard connected to a
small thermal paper printer. It has an old 70's style phone jack
(at least the kind we used in Ontario Canada) coming out the back of the
printer. My father who found it says he thinks its one of the early
devices used by the deaf. I think it was probably just a simple
terminal.
Whose right? who gets to carve the christmas turkey this year?
colan
TDDs (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf), aka TTY, ARE just a simple
terminal. However, they have (with few exceptions) stuck with Baudot
(Murray), while everyone else upgraded to ASCII.
What speed is it?
What code?
What protocol?
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