From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jaapna@xs4all.nl (Jaap Akkerhuis) Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 11:09:15 +0200 Subject: [TUHS] terminal - just for fun In-Reply-To: References: <201408060256.s762u7Ni007007@coolidge.cs.dartmouth.edu> <201408060645.s766jV9p004639@freefriends.org> Message-ID: <9C829BCC-3F25-46C4-A131-DAAE78F8DF0B@xs4all.nl> > >> So the model-33 wasn't ASCII? > > Nope; it was 5-bit Baudot (technically ITA2). Upper case only, and there > were codes to shift between letters and figures. Grep thee the net for > "ASR33". I've used an ASR33 with an PDP-8-E, an ASR33 with an opto coupler to some tymeshare services and an ASR35 as a console to an PDP-8-I but theses where all ASCII. According to wikipedia "A companion Model 32 used the more established five-level Baudot code." . More teletype history at And have a look at the picture of Ken & ennis with two 33's and comments from dmr. Note te ASCII keyboard. jaap -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 235 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: