Date   : Wed, 01 Jan 1986108:04:00-MST
From   : Mark Becker <Cent.Mbeck@oz.ai.mit.edu>
Subject: BBS's for the handicapped

    Keith, are you aware of any bulletin boards anywhere that support
both ASCII and Baudot code?

     I know of one in southern Maryland run by a Dick Barth... thats
the HEX (for Handicapped Educational eXchange) machine.  It supports
ASCII at 300 baud *and* 45.45 baud Baudot code.  His machine, build a
couple of years ago from a Gov't grant, has quite a population of
hearing-impaired and blind people using it.

     The Baudot modems aren't anywhere near Bell 103 or 212A; they use
something called a Weibrecht (sp?) standard.  Mark tone at 1400 Hz,
space at 1600 Hz.  Also, they are *half* duplex.

     Please forward this as you see fit - I'm curious if more than one
of these "modified" BBS systems exist.

     Dick's hardware is oriented around a Smoke Signal Broadcasting
frame with a 15 MByte disk attached.

Regards,
Mark