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From: klr@hadron.UUCP (Kurt L. Reisler)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: modem interface to TDD (deaf communications), how?
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Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 12:31:28 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan  8 12:31:28 1987
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Keywords: TDD deaf

In article <763@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU> wa371@sdcc12.ucsd.EDU (Bernd) writes:
>Is it possible somehow to use the typical 300 or 1200 baud modem to
>link up with a TDD (telecommunications device for the deaf)??
>TDD is a slow speed teletypewriter or sorts.  I just met a friend
>who is deaf, and we have to communicate through a relay service,
>where a third party (free of charge) reads for one and types for the
>other while on the telephone.  It is kind of backward, to put it
>mildly.
>I tried it at various baud settings of my terminal through a PASSWORD
>modem.  But although my modem said "connect", I got only garbage.
>Cheers,
>Bernd 
>UUCP: ...!sdcsvax!sdcc12!wa371, Internet: wa371%sdcc12@sdcsvax.ucsd.edu
>FAX: (619)569-8296, VOICE:(619)569-6800/270-5754

I recently had a user upload a package called TDD54.ARC, which is a TDD
emulator for a Tandy Color computer and the IBM PFJr.  The ARChive also
includes very well written documentation AND source code for both versions
of the package.  It might be a useful starting point for someone to write
a C version of the program that might be distributed both through this
forum as well as the BBS communities.

TDD54.ARC is available for downloading (XMODEM, MODEM7, KERMIT, TELELINK)
to ALL callers from FidoNet 109/483 (The Pot of Gold) at 703-359-6549.

Let me know if it is helpful

 Kurt Reisler
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