[WriteLog] Backspace delete in BPSK mode

Mike McCarthy, W1NR lists at w1nr.net
Thu Jan 11 12:34:53 EST 2007



>PSK has backspace and delete characters. Baudot (apparently) does not. 
>So no. Perhaps Emile Baudot was an extraordinarily talented typist? hi!
>
>73,
>John/KK1X

The old mechanical teleprinters didn't have any way to back up and delete a
character, so it was never include in the code.  Some of the old tape
perforation machines would actually let you backspace and delete by punching
LTRS (all 5 holes punched) into the previous character.

Mike, W1NR



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