http://hackaday.com/2016/05/29/dragging-teletypes-into-the-21st-century

[Jon Elson]

On 05/29/2016 08:52 PM, jwsmobile wrote:
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> On 5/29/2016 5:15 PM, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
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>> Wulf: this link would have worked as well :
>> "http://hackaday.com/2016/05/29/dragging-teletypes-into-the-21st-century" 
>>
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>> Tangent: is it true as written that *all* "teletypes 
>> speak 5-bit ITA2 code 
>> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudot_code#ITA2>"?
No, certainly not.  There are ASCII (7-bit) and other 
varsions that probably spoke EIA code.
> I actually need to figure if I can use such a setup to be 
> a terminal for systems with current loop I/O.  I have a 
> Microdata 1600 with an integrated TTY port for the console 
> device, and I'd love to have an adapter which had USB 
> serial (and for what it's worth, actual RS232 serial 
> levels to a connector.
>
> This is from what I see attempting to run a TTY from a 
> system.
>
> As to the second, the tangent the author puts in is wrong, 
> I don't know if an ASR33 can run 5 level easily, but all 
> I've ever used are ascii 8 bit machines.
>
ASR33 is an 8-bit machine.

Jon