"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Wed, 5 Dec 2007 08:52:20 -0500, "D.Duck" wrote:

I think the confusion here is comparing the Teletype machines and the IBM
machine. The Teletype Model 28 is 5 bit baudot and the Teletype Model
33/35
is 8 bit ASCII.

That's my recollection also. The model 28s used a "mode shift" key or
some such to effectively double the character set. If the "mode
shift" code arrived garbled, the receiving machine would miss
everything that followed and print gibberish.


For such a mechanical contraption, they were amazing.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...544&q=mod-tage

Eisboch