[GreenKeys] Jack Hart and i-Telex...
Nico de Jong
nico at farumdata.dk
Tue Nov 14 06:00:08 EST 2017
Hi to all (and especially Henning et.al.)
In your message I saw some things which I didnt know.
We just have a different way of obtaining more or less the same, so in the
end it more or less comes down to what we say in Denmark : some like the
daughter, an other one like the mother :-)
My aim was originally not the same as Hennings : mine was to have a local
system with as many diffrerent machines (speed, make, character set) as
possible. If I had known about i-Telex before, the outcome might have been
different.
Implementing i-telex solves a problem for me : the danish Cold War museum
(Stevnsfort) had in the old days a leased line to their colleagues on
Langelandsfort. The line is still physically present, but noone knows where
the line terminated, as all documentation has been shredded.
Now they can communicate (well, when the Langelandsfort system is
installed), via i-telex. Everybody is happy :-)
The same will happen when the danish datamuseum gets the space to re-install
a 4-machine system. Then everybody is _very_ happy.
To you other guys : they guys in this group are all very helpful, and very
knowledgeable.
Nico
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Sendt: 14. november 2017 11:32
Emne: Re: [GreenKeys] Jack Hart and i-Telex...
Hi to all,
just to clarify.
The i-Telex system has not been developed "just to connect a teletype to
the internet or a PC".
This can be done in many other and cheaper ways for sure.
The intention behind the development was and is to a as close as possible
to original technical
emulation of the old internation Telex networks with ALL their features
and original protocol
and signalling.
Original i-Telex does NOT use ASCII thru the "lines". It uses orignal ITA2
+ extra bits to fill up.
Our aim is to get collectors connected with their original Telex machines
24/7/365 with the old
numbers of the machines if possible.
Of course ways with ASCII to ITA2 conversion are also possible and
meanwhile in use.
The "i-Telex box" is stand-alone and has low power consumption.
It does not need any PC except for programming and setting up the internet
port.
You set-it up and connect it to your router and normally "forget" it. The
system just works....
It is like an original Telex line in the old days.
But the i-Telex system is more. It is a Telex central exchange or Telex
PABX in shoe box size.
Since most of the users are "real" collectors with more than one machine
it has been the demand
to connect more than one machine to the outer world. Therefore the system
is modular
and can be extended to a virtually endless number of machines.
Same with the system itself. There is NO central computer from which the
whole "game"
profits or fails.
If one of the nameservers fails another one can take over its place
immediately.
There is NO main or central computer or person that can "switch off" the
network.
We have different teletype connection boards for almost all connection
systems of
Telex networks worldwide that were in use. Last one which is currently in
prototype status
is a double current board for the U.K., Italy and other countries which
used only double
current Telex networks.
As Steve N4TTY can agree we also have a working modified board to connect
60WPM
USTTY machines. ;-)
Meanwhile some users created some bonus services on their own platforms
that they
feed into the i-Telex network, like weather news directly from German
weather service
(unfortunately only for Germany yet) and a Twitter news gateway for some
channels.
Well, i-Telex is open source and everyone can contribute his own
development....
Have fun with or without i-Telex :-)
Henning DF3OE
www.i-telex.net
i-Telex: 55571 and 92612
+++
2017-11-14 6:05 GMT+01:00 drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com>:
i-Telex folks,
I cannot understand why so much purpose-made hardware is required to
join the network. I have to say the startup costs are something I could
never justify in my current financial state, just to join such a small base
of users.
What am I missing? Why is it that this cannot be done with a generic PC
and a standard loop converter such as is used to drive an M15? PC handles
the IP networking, custom PC software talks with the TTY over RS-232 and CL
converter.
How is this not possible?
Best,
Bill
On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 5:39 PM, Kenneth Gartland <trnsrme at gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi all!
Just sent Jack a "Congrats" message on his
new i-Telex msg...
There is a possibility, my message went out
to everyone on the list, whereas I thot it was going
directly to Jack!
If so, sorry for clogging the airwaves!!
Anyways, it great to have you on-board Jack,
and hope to have a QSO soon!
Cheers to all!
Ken
VE3-HMQ
i-Telex 61663
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