Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.misc,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: the early teletype Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:20:03 +0100 Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <673571b4$2$13$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <6KIZO.14451$giU1.1894@fx09.iad> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net hanCsjzvzaCf6RMSoEE5wQLsS0QvVZMqobdU83HQwoRYq5gknp X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:zUETheQmML0niL5DpomKgBZO17E= sha256:afoYyBKv3DbucUAkT0t9o33HEUrdlqy9xluWXEqjYzg= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2132 On 2024-11-18 18:31, Dennis Boone wrote: > > Telex calls were charged by the minute and most Telex machines had paper > > tape readers and punches, so what one usually did was to type up the > > message on tape first, then make the call and run the tape through at > > full speed. > > Later, say late 70s / early 80s, devices like HP 264x terminals with > cassette data storage drives were used to pre-type and store messages, > then send from tape. I saw this exact setup used in a government office > in Saudi Arabia. I knew telex was used, but I never worked at, or visited, a place using them. What I did use was telegrams. I seem to have a vague memory that you could also send a telex from a post office, but I may be imagining it. We could send faxes from a post office. We still can, I think. It is called "burofax", and it has legal standing. I mean, you send one and it is considered a certified method of communication. For example, to leave your job, one legal method was to send a burofax. -- Cheers, Carlos.