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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