[GreenKeys] New guy says hello

[steve bennett]

 Chuck,
  There are a number off different ways to do what you want.The easiest would be to buy yourself a TU (read teletype modem)and use free software like MTTY to provide the input signal.-Steve
    On Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 12:02:57 PM EDT, Chuck Robertson <hootsk at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Hello GreenKeys,
This is my first post. I hope I'm in the right place.
These days I work for an unscripted TV network and try to write scripted shows on the side with other writers. But I used to write for newspapers and magazines, and I was there when the teletype machines were replaced first by dedicated PCs or terminals, and later their feeds came directly to our desks. 
It was certainly more efficient, but we lost something too. At a student newspaper I worked at we had a whole room of teletypes behind a door, to muffle their hum in the newsroom. This was the '90s, so some had fallen mostly silent, like the UPI machine. There'd be an occasional clack or burst of typing. But a few, like the AP, needed its roll changed constantly. When a big event had just occurred, they all sprang to life together, and the noise was deafening. It was the sound of drop-everything urgency. Everyone bolted into the little room, and whoever got there first would shout out the words to the crowd pushing in through the door as they hit the paper.
Some of the youngest writers and script readers enjoy reading scripts typed on paper, which is an opportunity not to be taken lightly. Some even type on old typewriters, but I'm used to the benefits of word processors. By now you know what I'm going to ask: I'm wondering if I could repurpose a teletype machine to type the scripts from my Mac laptop, either on pages or a roll, combining new and old technologies.

Skill level-wise, I'm kind of intermediate with technology. I can set up a WiFi network or rebuild a fuel injection system, but I'm mostly limited to repair or following instructions — not raw engineering. My Dad went to MIT but he's no longer with us.
Thanks for reading. Any advice would be much appreciated.
Charles
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