*updating* 8088's

On Mon, Nov 26, 2007 at 01:06:39PM -0800, Chuck Guzis wrote: Not in my ASR-33 - it's a "finned drum" - you break off the tabs to turn ones to zeroes (or the other way 'round?) and when the terminal receives the ENQ from the host, it spins the drums which "types" back the reply. I forget how many character positions it has, but it's on the order of 12 to 16. Mine are both intact. I might consider encoding one if I had a spare, but I never worked in an environment where I wanted my TTY identified. ;-) Perhaps some models of TTY did use a tape loop, but I can't place one that did. -ethan -- Ethan Dicks, A-333-S Current South Pole Weather at 26-Nov-2007 at 23:30 Z South Pole Station PSC 468 Box 400 Temp -25.6 F (-32.0 C) Windchill -48.3 F (-44.6 C) APO AP 96598 Wind 9.2 kts Grid 9 Barometer 681.7 mb (10564 ft) Ethan.Dicks at usap.gov http://penguincentral.com/penguincentral.html