I am fully aware of the history of mechanical teleprinters, John, as
well as the technology behind them. You absolutely can add auto CR-
LF insertion to your machines with a straightforward outboard
circuit built with an inexpensive programmable device.
73,
Dave, AA6YQ
--- In [email protected], John Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> At 11:37 PM 3/18/06, you wrote:
>
> >Rather than expect everyone else to compensate for your
equipment's
> >limitations, why don't you design and build a circuit that counts
> >incoming characters and inserts a CR/LF after receiving 72. Doing
> >this with something programmable like a Basic Stamp would be a no-
> >brainer, but implementing it with relay logic would nicely
> >complement to your 28s. Some big old stepping relays would be
> >perfect!
> >
> > 73,
>
>
> Dave may I point out that once upon a time before Al Gore
> invented the internet and there was computers there was
> RTTY machines. And while using these machines if one did
> not hit the CR/LF at the end of a line (72 charters) the person
> on the receiving end would get a hole pounded in the paper
> these machines used.
>
> That is what we call a "standard". A RTTY line is 72 charters long.
> Has been that way for the 35 years that I have been on RTTY.
>
> Now I can not add word wrap me my machines and since there
> is still a hell of a lot of these machines still in use why not add
> the CR/LF to the software?
>
> Pease for once *DO NOT* spin, twist, or turn 180 out what I have
> said. You are very good at that.
>
> John, WØJAB
>
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