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that doesn't sound right to me. I don't remember using a TTY with the
Sigma-7. Maybe with the IMP?

v


On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 11:26 AM Darius Kazemi via Internet-history <
internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 1:23 PM John Levine via Internet-history <
> internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>
> > It's an OK article, but what's a picture of a Model 32 Teletype doing
> > there?
> >
>
> That specific teletype is there to illustrate the point in RFC 114 that
> "indirect usage" means that a user doesn't have to care about "differences
> in terminal characteristics". It's a photo of an ARPANET terminal, and I
> think it's important to stress to people where we can that a good portion
> of very early ARPANET was printed on paper and that when we talk about
> terminals and their characteristics we don't just mean purely software
> terminals. Specifically the teletype pictured was connected to the Sigma 7
> at UCLA, according to the person who took the photo:
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/fastlizard4/8412531873/
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