[ih] Obscure e-mail systems

Miles Fidelman mfidelman at meetinghouse.net
Thu Mar 17 12:20:02 PDT 2016


On 3/17/16 2:59 PM, John R. Levine wrote:
>>>> Inmarsat still claims to provide telex for maritime use.
>>> So they do.  It's closing in December.
>> ...
>>> Perhaps we should schedule a wake.
>> maritime.  wake.  clever...
> Considering what boat anchors most telex machines were, it seems
> inevitable.

Hey... I learned to type on an ASR33, and they made very good computer 
terminals, for a lot of years. :-)

Cheers,

Miles



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