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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!panix!.POSTED.panix2.panix.com!panix2.panix.com!not-for-mail From: kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: the early teletype Date: 23 Nov 2024 11:15:09 -0000 Organization: Former users of Netcom shell (1989-2000) Lines: 11 Message-ID: <vhsdft$11t$1@panix2.panix.com> References: <673571b4$2$13$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6KIZO.14451$giU1.1894@fx09.iad> <q5OZO.8419$pZ%.7771@fx16.iad> <tgur0lxla7.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Injection-Info: reader2.panix.com; posting-host="panix2.panix.com:166.84.1.2"; logging-data="6278"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@panix.com" Bytes: 1186 Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote: > >I suppose an operator had to type directly at the machine. Or, was there >a method to type at some kind of offline machine, then take over >something, like perforated tape? Telex and TWX were different but I remember that they both allowed offline message preparation on paper tape and then later in-memory on a smart terminal. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."