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<p>[QUOTE="midas1, post: 4890769, member: 21309"]Data was sent from stock exchanges and other businesses over 22gauge analog copper telephone wires to ticker tape/teletype machines where the data was interpreted then posted on a moving tape that was read by the recipient. If I remember correctly (fat chance) data printed on a scrolling roll of paper were called teletype machines.</p><p>Ticker tape and teletype machines were noisy that's why they were covered over the working mechanisms. </p><p><br /></p><p>One of my first jobs was working as a clerk for the local office of Furness Withy steamship company. They had teletype machines constantly receiving data from around the world. We had two "tea breaks" a day, free roundtrip to Bermuda on a company liner each year. Received a nice bonus at Christmas time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="midas1, post: 4890769, member: 21309"]Data was sent from stock exchanges and other businesses over 22gauge analog copper telephone wires to ticker tape/teletype machines where the data was interpreted then posted on a moving tape that was read by the recipient. If I remember correctly (fat chance) data printed on a scrolling roll of paper were called teletype machines. Ticker tape and teletype machines were noisy that's why they were covered over the working mechanisms. One of my first jobs was working as a clerk for the local office of Furness Withy steamship company. They had teletype machines constantly receiving data from around the world. We had two "tea breaks" a day, free roundtrip to Bermuda on a company liner each year. Received a nice bonus at Christmas time.[/QUOTE]
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