Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-10 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
On 2021-12-10 10:31, Christian Corti via cctalk wrote: On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, nico de jong wrote: You need a COM port (or simulator) and a little box converting RS232 to 50 BPS serial.  Diagrams can be found everywhere. But you could also look at There isn't such a converter thing ;-) What you

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-10 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Thu, 9 Dec 2021, nico de jong wrote: You need a COM port (or simulator) and a little box converting RS232 to 50 BPS serial.  Diagrams can be found everywhere. But you could also look at There isn't such a converter thing ;-) What you mean is a converter between current loop and V.28. To be

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
On 2021-12-09 11:26, Dominique Carlier via cctalk wrote: On 9/12/2021 11:00, nico de jong via cctalk wrote: Sent !

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread Dominique Carlier via cctalk
d...@skynet.be Thanks ! Dominique On 9/12/2021 11:21, nico de jong via cctalk wrote: Hello Dominique If you send me your e-mail address, I can start with sending you the user manual, so you can what the software does This software has an interface to i-telex.net, so you can use it for

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
Hello Dominique If you send me your e-mail address, I can start with sending you the user manual, so you can what the software does This software has an interface to i-telex.net, so you can use it for international chats It also has a lot of other functions, but it would take too long to list

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread Dominique Carlier via cctalk
Oh great ! But a little bit noisy to use like that ;) Well, I'm interested by your software anyway ! Dominique On 9/12/2021 11:00, nico de jong via cctalk wrote: Dominique, Well, that is in principle very easy. You need a COM port (or simulator) and a little box converting RS232 to 50 BPS

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
>Please note : all mecanial Siemens machines I've seen, use 40 mA. Not 60 mA. /Nico On 2021-12-09 00:21, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: Dominique, Nice to see your machine working so well! I like how it lights up from the inside. To connect it to a computer, you could simply get a Volpe board

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread nico de jong via cctalk
Dominique, Well, that is in principle very easy. You need a COM port (or simulator) and a little box converting RS232 to 50 BPS serial.  Diagrams can be found everywhere. But you could also look at www.i-telex.net. This is a (primarily) german "band of brothers". They have set up an

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-09 Thread Christian Corti via cctalk
On Wed, 8 Dec 2021, Monty McGraw wrote: I have this terminal in my garage - sitting on its custom stand. That's a plain standard current loop telex machine using CCITT2 code. The more modern electronic version of it is the T1000 (that was available as 5-bit CCITT2 and 8-bit ASCII).

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Dominique Carlier via cctalk
Thanks Marc for these information.  I will go study this from your link ;) Dominique On 9/12/2021 00:21, Curious Marc wrote: Dominique, Nice to see your machine working so well! I like how it lights up from the inside. To connect it to a computer, you could simply get a Volpe board that does

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Bill Gunshannon via cctalk
On 12/8/21 6:21 PM, Curious Marc via cctalk wrote: Dominique, Nice to see your machine working so well! I like how it lights up from the inside. To connect it to a computer, you could simply get a Volpe board that does the Baudot 60 mA loop to ASCII RS 232 conversion for you, or build one

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Curious Marc via cctalk
Dominique, Nice to see your machine working so well! I like how it lights up from the inside. To connect it to a computer, you could simply get a Volpe board that does the Baudot 60 mA loop to ASCII RS 232 conversion for you, or build one yourself like I did. Info on both here:

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
correction old age, arthritic fingers and old age? On 12/8/2021 2:57 PM, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: You are correct, I counted wrong.  Can I chalk it up to old date and bad eyes? On 12/8/2021 1:52 PM, Paul Koning wrote: No, it's 5 bit tape.  2 data bits, transport sprocket holes, 3 data

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
You are correct, I counted wrong.  Can I chalk it up to old date and bad eyes? On 12/8/2021 1:52 PM, Paul Koning wrote: No, it's 5 bit tape. 2 data bits, transport sprocket holes, 3 data bits -- top to bottom on the reader (right side), left to right on the punch (left side). DEC PDP-10

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Dominique Carlier via cctalk
The subject interests me because I have the same beast but which only works in local mode. I currently don't know what is required to send text in this monster through a computer Below is a link to a video of my machine in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dL-XU855C80 Dominique On

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread ben via cctalk
On 2021-12-08 11:50 a.m., Monty McGraw via cctalk wrote: I have this terminal in my garage - sitting on its custom stand. I purchased it years ago, but don't have a use for it. Here is my photo of it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SV4-Xx7XLHIoA898ZPRC74wZv2e8YsVK/view?usp=sharing I'm near

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
No, it's 5 bit tape. 2 data bits, transport sprocket holes, 3 data bits -- top to bottom on the reader (right side), left to right on the punch (left side). DEC PDP-10 systems used six bit code internally but I don't remember those appearing on punched tape. The punched tape machines I have

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
I thought I had recalled that Baudot was 5 bits but the paper tape is 6 bits across and I don't know of any 6 bit character codes except for DECs upper case only character set and even their paper tape had 8 bits so I guessed Baudot. On 12/8/2021 1:16 PM, Paul Koning wrote: 5 bit; if it

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2021-12-08 Thread Monty McGraw via cctalk
Eric, I would qualify that statement and say - I'm the Tek computer Monty :) I have a Tektronix 4052 and 4054A, plus two Tektronix 4041 (68000 based GPIB controller) computers :) Both the 4052 and 4054A also have Tektronix 401x terminal emulation at up to 9600 baud, so I don't have a use for

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Paul Koning via cctalk
5 bit; if it really were 6 bits it would typically be typesetting codes. That's a relative of the machine used as console terminal on Dutch Electrologica X8 computers; I recognize the "Iron cross" symbol, the figures shift character on the D key. But some of the other function codes have

Re: Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Mike Katz via cctalk
Wow 6 bit baudot paper tape I think.  That's an oldie藍 On 12/8/2021 12:50 PM, Monty McGraw via cctalk wrote: I have this terminal in my garage - sitting on its custom stand. I purchased it years ago, but don't have a use for it. Here is my photo of it:

Siemens T100 Terminal with Paper Tape - Available

2021-12-08 Thread Monty McGraw via cctalk
I have this terminal in my garage - sitting on its custom stand. I purchased it years ago, but don't have a use for it. Here is my photo of it: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SV4-Xx7XLHIoA898ZPRC74wZv2e8YsVK/view?usp=sharing I'm near Houston Texas. It is too big and heavy to ship. Monty