Matthias MProve · @mprove
250 followers · 226 posts · Server hci.social
#HistoryOfInformatics #telegraphy in 1796 has used binary encoding with 6 bits! 🤯
/via https://mprove.de/chrono?q=-0.35241,0.02065&z=8.9&m=IFe-rara-60737-25&d=1&s=1&iiif-content=https://www.e-rara.ch/i3f/v20/16434710/manifest
#historyofinformatics #telegraphy
Matt Bailey · @mattmattmatt
186 followers · 87 posts · Server indieweb.social#vexillology is just a gateway drug for #telegraphy -pilling yourself. Just over here snowcrashing myself reading about community operated fence-wire party lines and teletype vulns cc @krusynth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_telegraph
Kevin Karhan :verified: · @kkarhan
1010 followers · 60906 posts · Server mstdn.social@Five_Eighths technically that's also how #Crosstalk works...
The terms are older than the tech...
In fact, #loopback devices are one of the first things #telegraphy and #electricity required...
#electricity #telegraphy #loopback #crosstalk
Knowledge Zone · @kzoneind
199 followers · 1045 posts · Server mstdn.social
#OnThisDay #SierraLeone was granted its independence (1961) from the United Kingdom.
#Zambia national football team plane crashed (1993). All 25 passengers and five crew members were killed.
Birth Anniversary of Samuel Morse (1791) - co-developer of #MorseCode and helped to develop the commercial use of #Telegraphy.
#telegraphy #morsecode #zambia #sierraleone #onthisday
Bob the Traveler · @bobthetraveler
380 followers · 10452 posts · Server mastodon.world
Texas was linked by telegraph to the rest of the United States OTD in 1855, with the completion of a connection to New Orleans https://cromwell-intl.com/radio/morse-code.html?s=mb #history #telegraphy
Bob the Traveler · @bobthetraveler
339 followers · 8170 posts · Server mastodon.world
Edward Davy, who died OTD in 1885, played a prominent role in the development of #telegraphy https://cromwell-intl.com/radio/morse-code.html?s=mb #hamradio #history
#telegraphy #hamradio #history
DM5TU · @DM5TU
79 followers · 56 posts · Server mastodon.radio
#CW4EVR #cw4ever #CW #Telegraphy
RT @M0TZX_RADIO@twitter.com
Today in 1859 Alfred Vail died aged 51. Together with Samuel Morse, Vail made vital contributions to the early development of telegraphy systems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Vail
#radiohistory #cw #morsecode #hamradio #amateurradio
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/M0TZX_RADIO/status/1615620632879812615
#amateurradio #hamradio #morsecode #radiohistory #telegraphy #cw #cw4ever #CW4EVR
Novitiate · @novitiate
2341 followers · 245 posts · Server mastodon.lol#Telegraphy #Telecommunications #Quiz
The #GreatWesternRailway in #England was one of the earliest users of the then, recently invented #electrical #telegraph which had been installed between London #Paddington and #Slough #railway stations.
This telegraph system achieved some notoriety in 1845 for which of the following reasons?
#telegraphy #telecommunications #quiz #greatwesternrailway #england #electrical #telegraph #paddington #slough #railway
Chrono Matthias · @chronohh
304 followers · 314 posts · Server norden.social
Short messaging service early 1900
Phénix – l’heure au monde /via https://www.cliniquehorlogere.ch/en/archive/the-phenix-watchmaking-factory.html
#morse #telegraphy #communication #infrastructure
Museum of Portable Sound · @museumofportablesound
310 followers · 102 posts · Server toot.community
Sansi, R. The Anthropologist as Curator; Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.
Humes, L.; Joellenbeck, L. M.; Durch, J. Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus; National Academies Press: Washington, DC, 2006.
Wheeler, T. Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails: The Untold Story of How Abraham Lincoln Used the Telegraph to Win the Civil War; HarperCollins e-books: New York, 2009.
#Anthropology #Curation #Noise #MilitaryService #HearingLoss #AbrahamLincoln #CivilWar #Telegraphy
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#anthropology #curation #noise #militaryservice #hearingloss #AbrahamLincoln #civilwar #telegraphy
Museum of Portable Sound · @museumofportablesound
111 followers · 20 posts · Server toot.community
8. BONUS NON-PHONOGRAPH: Bird's beak telegraph
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#telegraph #telegraphy #StoneAge #Flintstones #technologies #technology
#telegraph #telegraphy #stoneage #flintstones #technologies #technology
Chrono Matthias · @chronohh
164 followers · 94 posts · Server norden.social
@jluebeck@openbiblio.social #ChronoLink hier https://mprove.de/chrono?q=48.71451,7.34&z=5.29&t=16&m=BYbsb00028453&o=0.8
YV5EN - Edwin · @YV5EN
22 followers · 10 posts · Server mastodon.radio
I've been doing radio since 1978 (44+ years) and I still don't know what this knob on my transceiver is for 🤔
#CW #MorseCode #Hamradio #Telegraphy #CWforever #CW4ever
#cw4ever #cwforever #telegraphy #hamradio #morsecode #cw
19WAC3067 ~ PA11343 · @Wilfred
251 followers · 2183 posts · Server mastodon.radio
#VintageFriday #FlashbackFriday #hamradio #amateurradio #hamr #SWL #DX
RT @DJ7AO@twitter.com
What a christmas gift! The original #morse key of a sunk battleship - saved by the 1st radio officer as survivor 1940
#cwforever #cwfe #telegraphy #dx #hamradio #hamr #qrznow
#qrznow #telegraphy #cwfe #cwforever #morse #dx #swl #hamr #amateurradio #hamradio #flashbackfriday #vintagefriday