Re: the early teletype

From	"Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: the early teletype
Date	2024-11-18 19:20 +0100
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On 2024-11-18 18:31, Dennis Boone wrote:
>   > Telex calls were charged by the minute and most Telex machines had paper
>   > tape readers and punches, so what one usually did was to type up the
>   > message on tape first, then make the call and run the tape through at
>   > full speed.
> 
> Later, say late 70s / early 80s, devices like HP 264x terminals with
> cassette data storage drives were used to pre-type and store messages,
> then send from tape.  I saw this exact setup used in a government office
> in Saudi Arabia.

I knew telex was used, but I never worked at, or visited, a place using 
them.

What I did use was telegrams. I seem to have a vague memory that you 
could also send a telex from a post office, but I may be imagining it.

We could send faxes from a post office. We still can, I think. It is 
called "burofax", and it has legal standing. I mean, you send one and it 
is considered a certified method of communication. For example, to leave 
your job, one legal method was to send a burofax.

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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