On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 2:12 PM, Philipp Hachtmann <hac...@hachti.de> wrote:
>> I suspect they're more common in the UK than elsewhere. They were used >> by the Post Office >> for the Telex service, for example. > > > I know. Here everything is full with Siemens and Lorenz. > Je aussi voudrais avoir une machine de Sagem...! Over here, the only Teletypes we generally see are Model 33s. Even the Model 35 is very uncommon, and 5 bit stuff almost unheard-of. OK, we do see BRPE punches from time to time. There was a UK company, Data Dynamics, who used the Teletype Model 33 mechanics and put it in their own case with their own electronics. I think they re-cased the BRPE too, in a very odd case (light bulbs under the chad box, it looks very pretty). 5 bit stuff is generally Creed here. Teleprinters, paper tape readers, etc. And a few real oddities. Like a keyboard tape punch (no electronic communications, it just punches 5-level tape from the keyboard) made by a company called Booth-Willmott who I have never heard of in any other connection, Never seen a Siemens, Lorenz or Sagem machine. -tony
