Workings of a TTY

From: Riccardo Romagnoli <chemif_at_mbox.queen.it>
Date: Mon Dec 1 20:54:37 1997

At 22.08 30/11/97 +0000, you wrote:
>I have a query about the operation of a KSR 33 TTY when reading paper
>tape : does the TTY blindly send the characters read from the tape at 10
>cps or is the tape advance and read triggered by a signal from whatever
>th TTY is connected to.

Hi, Hans
The teletypes are syncronous machines and the speed must be exactly
adjusted in order to correctly send characters.

Regards,
 

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Riccardo Romagnoli
Classic Computers, Teletypes and Phonecards collector
Forli' - Italy
chemif_at_mbox.queen.it
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Received on Mon Dec 01 1997 - 20:54:37 GMT