There have been some posts on this topic, however not many in regards to 5 level BAUDOT Machines, 5 level code translated into to today's tech talk would be 5 bit code. That means 32 combinations however there are two sets of these, and 2 of the codes are used as shift codes to switch between the 2 character sets. I think they were referred to as Figures and Letters ? Some of the control codes were the same in booth sets.
The pinnacle of the Teletype BAUDOT machines was probably the 28 series, (I am not dissing the 15 or the 19) I have almost forgotten about this 'vintage equipment'. Now I will not dispute that they are extremely reliable. Extremely reliable when one thinks of all the little parts. However when one does mal-function it is not exactly a funfest to repair.
Up until about 20 years ago I would still run into one of those things connected to an old bio chemistry analyzer ( a counter built by Beckman for Nuclear medicine ). I would not revel that at one time I was trained to repair the things.
I had a Model 28ASR connected to a home built machine based on a Motorola 6800, had 4K memory ( yeah I am old). I never really completed the project. Had other distractions.
My god, there is a www.rtty.com I guess if some one made it some one else will collect it. BTY I might still have Factory books around somewhere. I'll have to look in storage, maybe one less thing that winds up in a land fill...
I was just on a 'rant' about Hydrogen. However as has been pointed out in other posts, using Hydrogen as a energy storage medium is inefficient. I was just bringing up that it has become the magic bullet for fixing "the energy crisis" or whatever one wants to call it.
Why is it that when this comes up, it's always Hydrogen that is going to solve the Energy Crises (Gee I'm old, now it's global warming) As pointed out by djh101010 (656795) Nobody talks about just where the hydrogen is going to come from.
One always hears some one on a talk show saying about how plentiful it is. ( All the water on the earth, blha blha blha ) and never brings up that water is Hydrogen that is all ready "Burnt". It takes energy to remove the Oxygen from water to get the Hydrogen out.
And of course every thing is a conspiracy. Some large oil company is behind it because they cant charge you for water....
"You're free to speak your mind my friend
As long as you agree with me
Don't criticize the father land
Or those who shape your destiny
'Cause if you do
You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew
We'll send out all our boys in blue
They'll find a way to silence you"
Steppenwolf - The Ostrich
Hey - that's worked before, at least in the city where I live, Dallas Texas.
The only remaining question would be :
Do you believe in the 3 Vote 1 Voter theory or the 4 Vote 2 Voter Theory ??
This subject's scope is significantly past software.
The issue here is any public funds that are used to subsidize the research of a corporate entity in which the results of the public investment just adds to the corporate IP portfolio. When this happens how is the public served?
Case in point: You get seriously ill and you need state of the art medication. It cost some drug company 40 cents to manufacture it per dose. The drug company charges 60 dollars per dose to the consumer. The research was paid for with public funds. The profit goes to the company. The public gets screwed. I am sure that one can find other examples of this, and I am sure they are equally outrageous.
Slashdot Mirror
There have been some posts on this topic, however not many in regards to 5 level BAUDOT Machines, 5 level code translated into to today's tech talk would be 5 bit code. That means 32 combinations however there are two sets of these, and 2 of the codes are used as shift codes to switch between the 2 character sets. I think they were referred to as Figures and Letters ? Some of the control codes were the same in booth sets.
...
The pinnacle of the Teletype BAUDOT machines was probably the 28 series, (I am not dissing the 15 or the 19) I have almost forgotten about this 'vintage equipment'. Now I will not dispute that they are extremely reliable. Extremely reliable when one thinks of all the little parts. However when one does mal-function it is not exactly a funfest to repair.
Up until about 20 years ago I would still run into one of those things connected to an old bio chemistry analyzer ( a counter built by Beckman for Nuclear medicine ). I would not revel that at one time I was trained to repair the things.
I had a Model 28ASR connected to a home built machine based on a Motorola 6800, had 4K memory ( yeah I am old). I never really completed the project. Had other distractions.
My god, there is a www.rtty.com I guess if some one made it some one else will collect it. BTY I might still have Factory books around somewhere. I'll have to look in storage, maybe one less thing that winds up in a land fill
I was just on a 'rant' about Hydrogen. However as has been pointed out in other posts, using Hydrogen as a energy storage medium is inefficient. I was just bringing up that it has become the magic bullet for fixing "the energy crisis" or whatever one wants to call it.
Why is it that when this comes up, it's always Hydrogen that is going to solve the Energy Crises (Gee I'm old, now it's global warming) As pointed out by djh101010 (656795) Nobody talks about just where the hydrogen is going to come from.
....
One always hears some one on a talk show saying about how plentiful it is. ( All the water on the earth, blha blha blha ) and never brings up that water is Hydrogen that is all ready "Burnt". It takes energy to remove the Oxygen from water to get the Hydrogen out.
And of course every thing is a conspiracy. Some large oil company is behind it because they cant charge you for water
"You're free to speak your mind my friend As long as you agree with me Don't criticize the father land Or those who shape your destiny 'Cause if you do You'll lose your job your mind and all the friends you knew We'll send out all our boys in blue They'll find a way to silence you" Steppenwolf - The Ostrich
I am waiting for the "In Soviet Russia.." post ...
After that K-19 movie er-a accent tragedy.
Hey - that's worked before, at least in the city where I live, Dallas Texas. The only remaining question would be : Do you believe in the 3 Vote 1 Voter theory or the 4 Vote 2 Voter Theory ??
This subject's scope is significantly past software.
The issue here is any public funds that are used to subsidize the research of a corporate entity in which the results of the public investment just adds to the corporate IP portfolio. When this happens how is the public served?
Case in point: You get seriously ill and you need state of the art medication. It cost some drug company 40 cents to manufacture it per dose. The drug company charges 60 dollars per dose to the consumer. The research was paid for with public funds. The profit goes to the company. The public gets screwed. I am sure that one can find other examples of this, and I am sure they are equally outrageous.