13 May
2009
13 May
'09
3:36 p.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
They used to be common at the Dayton Hamvention. I
picked up a news
TTY (w/modem in the pedestal) for $35 or $50 at Dayton about 25 years
ago. I still have it, but I removed the touch-tone keypad in a failed
attempt to turn it into a local-only TTY for my PDP-8 (I later got a
real console TTY) So now, this one answers the phone, but can't dial.
I last tested it calling into CompuServe shortly after I bought it.
It was great to see the login prompt in yellow and black.
I haven't seen a single TTY for sale at Dayton in at least 20 years.
I think they still use TTY's and modems for deaf people, so you still
have a small market for them.
-ethan
Ben.