On May 10, 2017, at 2:24 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 05/10/2017 10:22 AM, Shoppa, Tim via cctalk wrote:
The Model 33's I bought back when I was a
teenager, were all ex-Telex
use and had exceedingly complicated wiring harnesses as well as
built-in modems. They had paper tape readers and punches with various
auto-start/auto-stop relay options.
Wasn't Telex 5-level, not 7? So they'd be Model 32s--or is my memory
faulty?
Classically, yes. I wonder if ASCII was done at some point. Also, teleprinter service
generically comes in a number of flavors, including 6 bit codes (of many variants) for
newspaper wire services.
paul