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> The original Teletype bell in a Model 15 Teletype is a 3-inch gong with a satisfying "bong" sound. That was intended to be heard across a room of noisy machin
by 10000truths 3y ago
> The original Teletype bell in a Model 15 Teletype is a 3-inch gong with a satisfying "bong" sound. That was intended to be heard across a room of noisy machines. There's also a little end of line bell for typists, but that's not loud.
What would the machine do if a mischievous prankster ran a program that endlessly outputted ASCII BEL characters in a tight loop?
- Animats 3y agoRing the bell. Doesn't hurt anything. Eventually someone will turn the machine off. The later ASCII machines don't have the big gong, just a smaller bell.
- kps 3y agoI used to have a Model 43 Teletype. Sending a suitable number of BELs and then sleeping 4 seconds made for a convincing simulation of a ringing telephone.