[Larry Wall], inventor of Perl, once famously said that programmers have three key virtues: sloth, hubris, and impatience. It’s safe to say that these personality quirks are also present in some ...

SPEAKING at the annual dinner of the Insurance Institute at Birmingham on Jan 22, Sir Kingsley Wood, Postmaster—General, said that the Post Office hopes to introduce in a few months' time a ...

In the dead of night a teleprinter chattered away, a few characters at a time, printing complete rubbish. Was it spirits or something more earthly to blame? Many years ago I was in charge of an ...

While unquestionably old-fashioned, a teleprinter in use may look somewhat familiar to the texters and instant messengers of today. The device allowed people to transmit printed messages to each other ...

This week, we’re taking the wayback machine to 1940 for an informative, fast-paced look at the teleprinter. At the telegram office’s counter, [Mary] recites her well-wishes to the clerk. He fills out ...

A recent report said that the State Bank of India has taken possession of prime properties in Chennai, owned by Hindustan Teleprinters because the company and its guarantor, Mahendra Nahata failed to ...

Sometimes you can find a real gem on eBay. The UK’s National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park certainly did: It spotted a Nazi teleprinter used during the war for sale on the site and bought it ...

ANOTHER milestone in the history of practical radio communication was reached on Friday, January 26, when Sir Philip Sassoon, Under-Secretary of State for Air, officially opened the world's first ...

In 1941 I joined the WAAF and was trained at Cranwell as a teleprinter operator. In December 1941 I was posted to Broadway, near St James's Park: the plaque at the front door read ‘Registration of ...