[GreenKeys] Baudot to Ascii

Bill Horne ehorne at speakeasy.net
Tue Dec 1 13:47:03 EST 2009


> Hi,

> We have an application to read old Baudot code paper tapes (from a PCB 
> tester) and convert them to Ascii and store as text files.
> They are presented from a reader as RS232, is there anything that will do 
> this conversion already, on the premise of not reinventing the wheel.

You may have luck with a Ham TU; these "modems" were originally used
to convert audio from ham radio receivers into DC loop current to
drive teleprinters, but over time they gained a lot of features,
including the ability to convert BAUDOT/Murray code to ASCII
on-the-fly.

HTH.

73, 

Bill W1AC



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