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[John Nagle]

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> Howdy folks,
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> I've loaned two Model 15 mailboxes to Harvard.  A description of the
> venture is below.  There should be more info coming once the project
> is actually functioning.
> 
> The two teletypes will work in two separate museum spaces: one here
> at the CHSI, Harvard, and the other one at the MIT Museum. The idea
> is for visitors, in both spaces, to type on the teletype and
> determine whether they are writing to a machine or a human at the
> other end of the line. In order to do so, we need to program the
> teletype with a particular software so that they can communicate with
> each other and, when there is no one at the end of the line, with a
> computer. There will be no irreversible modifications done to the
> teletypes. One of the key piece of hardware we will need to plug-in 
> in both teletypes is a Black Box, model CL-051A, we will buy
> separately. The work on this project is done by a team from the
> Harvard metaLAB, a group specialized in critical media practices. Our
> tech at the CHSI is Richard Wright, W1MPD, who has decades of
> experience with radio and all sorts of electronic apparatus.
> 
> Larry K2JIA

    Very nice.  That's the classic "Turing test", with Teletypes Turing
would have used.

   The CL-051A is a passive loop interface, and requires an external
120VDC supply.

    They might find my "baudotrss" software useful for dealing with
Mode 15 machines.  They're going to have to write drivers.
"http://sourceforge.net/projects/baudotrss/"  That software
handles all the issues like carriage return delay, avoiding running
off the end of the line, and smart LTRS/FIGS management.

					John Nagle