Setting type by telegraph
Book • 1905
Donald Murray's 'Setting Type by Telegraph' outlines his design and rationale for a perforating keyboard, fixed-length 5-bit code, and automated teleprinter systems that replaced manual Morse conversion.
Written from the perspective of a journalist-inventor, it explains how machine abstraction of encoding simplified telegraph operation and improved efficiency.
The piece discusses how punched paper tape, synchronous transmission, and control characters like carriage return and line feed made automatic teleprinting feasible.
Murray argues that operators should need only standard typewriting skills, facilitating adoption.
His ideas influenced later teleprinter standards and the adoption of QWERTY keyboards in telegraphic equipment.
Written from the perspective of a journalist-inventor, it explains how machine abstraction of encoding simplified telegraph operation and improved efficiency.
The piece discusses how punched paper tape, synchronous transmission, and control characters like carriage return and line feed made automatic teleprinting feasible.
Murray argues that operators should need only standard typewriting skills, facilitating adoption.
His ideas influenced later teleprinter standards and the adoption of QWERTY keyboards in telegraphic equipment.
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Episode 65 - Teletype, Teleprint, and Telegrams
