desertfish 291 Posted January 21 (edited) "YouTuber Marc Verdiell, a.k.a. CuriousMarc, has turned a 1930s teletype machine into a Linux terminal. To do that, he had to make circuitry and programming that translates five-bit Baudot code into eight-bit ASCII code." https://interestingengineering.com/video/computer-whiz-uses-1930-model-15-teletype-as-a-terminal-for-linux here's a picture of this spiffy terminal interface: Edited January 21 by desertfish 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cyber 132 Posted January 21 (edited) This is so cool!! Such projects always remind me computers from 1985 movie Brazil. I have a Brother electronic typewriter, and I wish to do something similar with it, but did not get my hands on it yet. Edited January 21 by Cyber Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falken 30 Posted January 22 (edited) There is a club in germany that does that with teletypes. I saw a demonstration once. I think this thread is about this: https://forum.classic-computing.de/forum/index.php?thread/14089-verbindung-fernschreibmaschine-computer/ If you don't understand german, there are some english speaking infos lined in there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zAbWapzwu https://heepy.net/index.php/Optocouplers_for_teletype_current_loop Too bad my father dumped his teletype years ago It also reminds me of "The cuckoos egg" by Clifford Stoll. He connected simple line printers to the terminal lines of his campus to capture the input/output of intruders. Edited February 3 by Falken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
desertfish 291 Posted January 23 Clifford Stoll !! I know him because of the Klein bottle episodes on Numberphile! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Falken 30 Posted January 24 (edited) On 1/23/2021 at 2:21 AM, desertfish said: I know him because of the Klein bottle episodes on Numberphile! If you don't know "The cuckoos egg" yet, I can highly recommend it. Not only for the retro factor but I thinks it's a really good story overall. And if you _do_ know it, there is this dramatization which is really fun: But I digress Edited February 3 by Falken Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
geekpower 3 Posted January 30 Cliff Stoll! Oh, how I love that human. I got to talk with him a number of times a few years ago as I was hoping to option his book and make it into a film or TV series. He's marvelous and his story is geek-tastic. The dramatization Falken links to is really worth watching, especially since Cliff plays himself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
