As to speed, protocol, etc. I won't know until I either find some
documentation or get a chance to change the phone jack to try it out.
Thanks
Colan
On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Dec 1998 cdrmool_at_interlog.com wrote:
> > Anyone know the story behind this? Its a small keyboard connected to a
> > small thermal paper printer. It has an old 70's style phone jack
> > (at least the kind we used in Ontario Canada) coming out the back of the
> > printer. My father who found it says he thinks its one of the early
> > devices used by the deaf. I think it was probably just a simple
> > terminal.
> > Whose right? who gets to carve the christmas turkey this year?
> > colan
>
> TDDs (Telecommunication Device for the Deaf), aka TTY, ARE just a simple
> terminal. However, they have (with few exceptions) stuck with Baudot
> (Murray), while everyone else upgraded to ASCII.
>
> What speed is it?
> What code?
> What protocol?
>
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Received on Thu Dec 03 1998 - 00:16:43 GMT