[Erasmus]

Actually it is a direct descendant ...Morse code evolved in to 5 bit teletype code[...]

Invented (mainly) by Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot and his lovely granddaughter Brigitte.

[tophat9000]

Actually it is a direct descendant ...Morse code evolved in to 5 bit teletype code[...] Invented (mainly) by Jean-Maurice-Émile Baudot and his lovely granddaughter Brigitte.

True...where we get the term "Baud" as in Baud rate The first computer I work with daily was a PDP8 with a Teletype terminal....but tht was for a GenRad tester for cards for a Raytheon Data Systems PTS-100 front end for an IBM 360