teletype
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One executive, thinking he was communicating with an employee by teletype when in fact he was conversing with Eliza, finally asked, “why are you being so snotty to me?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
“All the President’s Men” underscores that sentiment with its matter-of-fact final shot, watching a teletype machine writing out years of front-page headlines leading to Nixon’s resignation.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 2026
He first got access to an early mainframe computer via a teletype machine at the school, after the mothers held a jumble sale to raise the money.
From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2025
As technology evolved, so did that process, with AP eventually transmitting vote counts by teletype to centralized race-calling operations on the East Coast.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2022
An instructor explained the workings of the teletype machine.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
