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echo: fidonews
to: PAUL QUINN
from: LEE LOFASO
date: 2019-05-29 14:08:00
subject: FidoNews 36:21 [01/07]: G

Hello Paul,

 Kv>>> It is some time ago, but in my memory all messages in the TELEX
 Kv>>> system were presented in Uppercase

 WD>> You are confusing TELEGRAM with TELEX.

 PQ> I think you are.

Although using uppercase in telegram is a matter of style, using
uppercase in telex is a must in the international telex network.

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

 PQ> I think you are momentarily confused.

Telegrams were printed in uppercase due to style and tradition.
Telex can be lowercase, but must be uppercase in the international
telex network.

 PQ> I worked in an environment that used TELEX comms as an art form for 24
 PQ> years, and they were all in uppercase.

The Baudot code is still common in European telex systems, which
is why only uppercase letters are allowed in the international telex
network.

 PQ> I can produce a .jpg copy of the NASA farewell telex to the Honeysuckle
 PQ> Creek Tracking mob as evidence.

Reporters and journalists from around the world also read
it in uppercase, not just scientists and engineers ...

--Lee

-- 
Nobody Beats Our Meat

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