On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Tony Duell <ard.p850...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Over here, the only Teletypes we generally see are Model 33s. Even the > Model > 35 is very uncommon, In my experience, it's the same in the US: the model 33 has always been MUCH more common than the 35. Every model 35 I actually saw in service back in the day was a system console, not for "end users". Presumably it was desired for the system console to be a heavy-duty and high-reliability device, and the model 35 was built like a battleship. Actually, even better than that: it was built like a model 28! Too bad there wasn't (AFAIK) an upper/lower case version of the 35. I've never seen a model 37 or model 38 in person, but it appears that they were light-duty machines like the 33. I used the model 33 a huge amount from 1977 to 1979, but from 1979 to 1982 I mostly used the DEC LA36 DECwriter II and various CRT terminals. and 5 bit stuff almost unheard-of. In the US, common for hams, not common for computers. Maybe they were common for computers in the early 1960s. OK, we do see BRPE > punches from time to time. I'd really like to get one of those!