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wa8yxm · 11-08-2012, 09:57 AM

Well, you have a keyboard and a CRT.

Likely a "Television Typewriter"

I used one of these a few times back in the good old days,, WJR Radio (Am Broadcast, used to be a clear channel station (NOT Clear Channel but clear channel, meaning the only staiton on that frequency, I THINK 760Khz) and a CB group called Michigan Emergency Patrol which monitored chan-9 were in the same building, MEP collected information on traffic and such, also relayed calls for assistance (AAA, other tow, Police, Fire, EMS) gave directions and the like.

I was working Midnight shift one Easter so after shift I went and visited the MEP baswe for a couple hours before going to Church... I switched the TV-Typewriter over to page two and did an Ascii Drawing of an easter bunny using the words "Happy Easter" in the manner of the common "LOVE" print out.

Then off to the right side I put a message "No tie ups, Drive carefully"

It survived the night and on Monday Morning JP was describing it to his listeners, My mother (over 100 miles away) included.

(In the event of an accident or other traffic issue, They simply switched to the other page to list those, and switched back when it was clear).

11-08-2012, 09:57 AM	#2
wa8yxm Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Mobile, on the road Posts: 1,139	Well, you have a keyboard and a CRT. Likely a "Television Typewriter" I used one of these a few times back in the good old days,, WJR Radio (Am Broadcast, used to be a clear channel station (NOT Clear Channel but clear channel, meaning the only staiton on that frequency, I THINK 760Khz) and a CB group called Michigan Emergency Patrol which monitored chan-9 were in the same building, MEP collected information on traffic and such, also relayed calls for assistance (AAA, other tow, Police, Fire, EMS) gave directions and the like. I was working Midnight shift one Easter so after shift I went and visited the MEP baswe for a couple hours before going to Church... I switched the TV-Typewriter over to page two and did an Ascii Drawing of an easter bunny using the words "Happy Easter" in the manner of the common "LOVE" print out. Then off to the right side I put a message "No tie ups, Drive carefully" It survived the night and on Monday Morning JP was describing it to his listeners, My mother (over 100 miles away) included. (In the event of an accident or other traffic issue, They simply switched to the other page to list those, and switched back when it was clear).