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    From David Drummond@3:640/305 to Björn Felten on Tue Apr 16 07:43:10 2024
    On 28/05/2019 01:05, 2:203/2 wrote:
    Telegrams were printed in upper-case. Telex always has been
    lower-case.

    You may be right, I have no examples laying around anymore.

    I still have rolls upon rolls of old telexes somewhere around here. All in upper case. I have never seen a lower case telex. Maybe it was special to Sweden...?

    In various movies (e.g. Good Morning Vietnam) and TV shows depicting the time, telex printouts always seem to be upper case, so maybe it was special to the US as well?

    They were in upper case in New Zealand too, at least between '69 and '80 when I worked with the carrier there.

    --

    Gang warily
    David

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  • From Lee Lofaso@2:203/2 to Björn Felten on Tue Apr 16 07:43:10 2024
    Hello Bj”rn,

    Telegrams were printed in upper-case. Telex always has been
    lower-case.

    You may be right, I have no examples laying around anymore.

    I still have rolls upon rolls of old telexes somewhere around here. All in upper case. I have never seen a lower case telex. Maybe it was special to Sweden...?

    The Baudot code is still common in the European telex system, which
    is why only uppercase letters are allowed in the international telex
    system. However, that does not preclude telex systems outside the international telex system from using lowercase letters.

    In various movies (e.g. Good Morning Vietnam) and TV shows depicting the time, telex printouts always seem to be upper case, so maybe it was special
    to the US as well?

    Telex printouts have always been uppercase in newspapers and radio
    in the US. Hollywood may be different, where anything goes.

    --Lee

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    Our Nuts, Your Mouth

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  • From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Kees van Eeten on Tue Apr 16 07:43:10 2024
    Telegrams were printed in upper-case. Telex always has been lower-case.

    You may be right, I have no examples laying around anymore.

    I still have rolls upon rolls of old telexes somewhere around here. All in upper case. I have never seen a lower case telex. Maybe it was special to Sweden...?

    In various movies (e.g. Good Morning Vietnam) and TV shows depicting the time, telex printouts always seem to be upper case, so maybe it was special to the US as well?



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