Fwd: [GreenKeys] Rock and Roll Teletype 'experts'
Gordon JC Pearce
gordon at gjcp.net
Fri Jun 10 04:41:33 CDT 2005
Dennis Boone wrote:
> > Clever use of Baudot code on an album cover - fascinating information
> > from "experts" on the origins of it - I bet none of us knew that ITU
> > 1 was "...used in Teletype machines in the late 1800s."
> >
> > http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050609/ap_en_mu/coldplay_album_cover
>
> Never mind the bollo..., er, I mean character set. Or the history.
> It's the bit patterns.
>
> I get "X FIGS 9 6", not "X FIGS & LTRS Y".
>
> http://www.coldplay.com/img/squares.gif
Hmm, what's the little bit in the red strip? Must look at that later...
Gordon.
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