[RTTY] When did mechanical teleprinters become obsolete?

[Barry]

I suspect the Commodore 64 and AEA's software (early-mid 1980s?) for 
it was the major assulat on mechanical telprinters.  That's when I 
got back into RTTY.  When I was a kid I had a neighbor who was into 
RTTY and it didn't interest me.  I also played with a Model 15 at 
college (W2SZ) in the mid-late 70s, and didn't like all the noise, 
but didn't get into it myself until the C64 software came along.
Barry, W2UP


  On 26 May 2005 at 8:21, Bill Coleman wrote:

> 
> 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 at arrl.net
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>              -- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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Barry Kutner, W2UP              Internet: w2up at mindspring.com
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