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Wiring A Vintage Teletype To The Internet

Posted by simoniker on from the abacus-up-next dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Do you have an old teletype with a 5-bit serial interface sitting around that you've been itching to hook up to the Internet? If so, this article at LinuxDevices.com is just what you've been looking for. Henry Minsky has caught the Mini-ITX motherboard bug big-time, arguing that the tiny, yet full-featured boards can now compete favorably with more traditional embedded platforms." Minsky explains that: "Messages and alerts could be printed to the teletype automatically from remote locations (such as our Yahoo calendar), while a user could send messages and access services such as weather and news headlines from the teletype keyboard."

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  1. Can't fault me for answering the question by Gherald · · Score: -1, Redundant

    > Do you have an old teletype with a 5-bit serial interface sitting around that you've been itching to hook up to the Internet?

    No.

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  2. Well.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    >> Do you have an old teletype with a 5-bit serial interface sitting around that you've been itching to hook up to the Internet?

    No.

  3. Not really.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    >>> Do you have an old teletype with a 5-bit serial interface sitting around that you've been itching to hook up to the Internet?

    No.

  4. Important message below: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Do you have an old teletype with a 5-bit serial interface sitting around that you've been itching to hook up to the Internet?

    No.

  5. Am I the only one who thinks: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Do you have an old teletype with a 5-bit serial interface sitting around that you've been itching to hook up to the Internet?

    No.

  6. It has to be said.. by Gurezaemon · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Just imagine a Beowulf cluster of these.

    Just imagine the noise of them.

  7. Reason: You can type more than that for your subje by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I, for one, welcome out new teletype overlords.