Commenters requested that we use our restored vintage 1930 Model 15 Teletype as a terminal for Linux. Hooking up a 5-bit Baudot mechanical contraption to a m...
Edit: Holy crap, it’s so satisfying hearing all the clanking as the text comes through, and I didn’t even code this! I was confused about 13:20 when he says there’s no equal sign; there’s definitely one in most versions of Baudot code, but apparently not US-TTY. Maybe he could make BELL another escape for more characters? I don’t know what modern use it has.
Invidious link for other people who Google doesn’t like: http://iteroni.com/watch?v=2XLZ4Z8LpEE
Edit: Holy crap, it’s so satisfying hearing all the clanking as the text comes through, and I didn’t even code this! I was confused about 13:20 when he says there’s no equal sign; there’s definitely one in most versions of Baudot code, but apparently not US-TTY. Maybe he could make BELL another escape for more characters? I don’t know what modern use it has.
Here’s the Wikipedia on the Model 15.