From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cowan@mercury.ccil.org (John Cowan) Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:08:07 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Teletype In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20140815190806.GA16978@mercury.ccil.org> Brian Zick scripsit: > Would it still be possible today for someone like me to go out, and find an > old teletype terminal (an old ASR or DECwriter or something), set up a > phone line and modem and get a roll of paper, and then actually use it to > connect to other computers? The trick would be to find a computer that not only has dialable modems (there are several such ISPs out there, like AOL, EarthLink, and NetZero), but also allows callers access to a command line. Normally you get only PPP service, which just allows you to send and receive IP packets, of no use to a TTY. But there may be some hobbyist systems out there with dialup access. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan at ccil.org Original line from The Warrior's Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold: "Only on Barrayar would pulling a loaded needler start a stampede toward one." English-to-Russian-to-English mangling thereof: "Only on Barrayar you risk to lose support instead of finding it when you threat with the charged weapon."