I was just thinking (dangerous, I know) this morning about the
history of RTTY, and I wondered exactly when did the use of
mechanical teleprinters become obsolete? Now, back in 1975, there was
a fellow who adapted a terminal unit to an Altair 8080 and was
participating in the BARTG contest while he was exhibiting at an
Altair competition. He won the price for the best application of the
Altair computer.
So, that's probably the earliest mechanical teleprinters were
replaced -- but when was the last year that they were used on the air?
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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