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From: mikec@tekred.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: modem interface to TDD (deaf communications), how?
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Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 14:06:25 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 16 14:06:25 1987
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Reply-To: mikec@tekred.UUCP (Mike Combs)
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Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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Keywords: TDD deaf

> >I believe the terminals/modems that deaf folks use talk Baudot (sp?) instead
> >of ASCII.  It's a completely different data standard...
>
>The _modems_ are the Bell 103 style and are compatible with the
>300 baud signalling of 300/1200/2400 baud modems.  The character
>set is 5 bit baudot which uses the SI/SO characters to get 64
>characters into the character set.  Baudot isn't very much like
>ASCII and it's upper case only as I recall.

Does this mean that you need only a software Baudot/ASCII translation
to enable your personal computer to talk with a TTD?

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     ^--The "A" is for: "Accidently erased the files".
"How much can YOU put in a four line .signature file?"
terrorist, contras, drugs, Iran, secret, NSA, CIA <- NSA line-eater food :-(