13 Jan
2011
13 Jan
'11
12:07 p.m.
On 13 Jan 2011 at 13:02, John Foust wrote:
The ham radio people tend to look at the ASR-33 as a light-weight junk
teletype for amateurs. They generally tried to get rid of them, until
they figured out recently that they'll fetch crazy prices from classic
computer collectors, especially if they're maintained and working.
Isn't there quite a lot of old 5 level gear (TTY and simple one-line
keyboard-displays) around for TDD (for the deaf)?
I'm surprised that some of these compact terminals haven't been
hacked into service for use on vintage computer gear.
--Chuck