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andrew.46
andrew.46
08:53
@vidarlo Well, you scared me a little when you popped up here :)
Artur Meinild
Artur Meinild
09:19
@andrew.46 😅
Please excuse my blatant self promotion - but 30K 🥳
vidarlo
vidarlo
09:37
@ArturMeinild Congratulations!
So... would interfacing a Teletype to Ubuntu be on topic? :D
andrew.46
andrew.46
@ArturMeinild Congratulations!!!
Artur Meinild
Artur Meinild
09:59
Thanks! 🌞
@vidarlo Is there a joke here I'm not getting, or are you tinkering with ancient hardware? 😅
vidarlo
vidarlo
10:38
@ArturMeinild No joke.
I got a Phillips Teletype from 1976, and plan to interface it to a modern system for printing train driving orders :P
once you get involved in heritage railways....
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@vidarlo hmm, there's also the retrocomputing site - might have more specialised knowledge
vidarlo
vidarlo
@JourneymanGeek I know ;) And I will probably interface it to Debian, so it would be offtopic here anyway ;)
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
is it a standard serial interface?
vidarlo
vidarlo
@JourneymanGeek youtube.com/watch?v=2XLZ4Z8LpEE is worth watching
@JourneymanGeek ...standard Baudot code (5 bit) at 50 bits per second, using a 60mA current loop. Quite standard up until 1980 or so.
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
I think usagi electric works with some of those too
vidarlo
vidarlo
10:46
yeah, wouldn't surprise me.
My project is basically recreating a railway communication system in the 50's using IP behind the scenes. Have phones working.
Artur Meinild
Artur Meinild
11:00
@vidarlo Sounds interesting - I'm sure you'll figure it out eventually. 😁
vidarlo
vidarlo
11:15
@ArturMeinild I hope so, so that I can get some time to learn to drive a train as well ;)
Artur Meinild
Artur Meinild
11:37
@vidarlo So real heritage railway driving?
Like this?
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Or more like this? 😅
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vidarlo
vidarlo
@ArturMeinild Yes. Except I don't plan to learn the steam locomotive. Plan to only learn diesel from 1930s
Artur Meinild
Artur Meinild
12:03
@vidarlo Nice 👍

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