Western Union Teletype Model 15 or 19

On Sun, 8 May 2005, James Fogg wrote: James - this can definitely be used with any machine having a serial port and that can be coerced (somehow) into talking in 45.45 baud ITA2 5-level code.... you'll need to key the unit with a current of 60Ma at around 115VDC. Much modern hardware exists for this purpose. Go here: www.rtty.com for a ton of info and links to several programs and hardware interfaces for this, and I'd suggest subscribing to the Greenkeys maillist - which you can also do from the RTTY pages. Also, you can go to www.shoutcast.com and search on the word 'teletype' for an audio-coded (AFSK) stream of news and info via Baudot code... you'll need any of the popular RTTY decoding programs (I use TrueTTY or MTTY) and of course Winamp or something to get the audio decoded. Of course the output of these will be to your screen, or a file which can be printed later. The model 15 (and it's UK Creed analogs) were the first computer printing I/O devices, plus they're getting rather rare nowadays. Many of us here on Classiccmp are also ClatterPrinter lovers, as well as hams who are into radio retro-tech. I personally have a Model 19, a 15, a 26, four 28s and a 35. Not all running at once though - can you imagine the Noise that would make??? I also have the complete docset for the Mod 15/19 and associated peripherals, desks, cabinets, etc, of you need. For sure rescue the old girl - even if it turns out it's not your cuppa - there are plenty of folks waiting to adopt these machines. Cheers John kkk