▲ 6 ▼ Robert Frank - Tickertape, New York City (1951) (lemmy.world) submitted 5 months ago by tgcoldrockn@lemmy.world to c/nyc@lemmy.world 2 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 child) Tickertape? permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago* Many decades ago, stock prices were sent to remote locations and wealthy homes via a stock ticker. It was kind of like a cash register tape, connected by telegraph to the stock exchange. it's the reason stock have three or four letter codes. And it was the standard till computers took over. https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/inventions?catid=91&id=539&view=article permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 2 points 5 months ago* Many decades ago, stock prices were sent to remote locations and wealthy homes via a stock ticker. It was kind of like a cash register tape, connected by telegraph to the stock exchange. it's the reason stock have three or four letter codes. And it was the standard till computers took over. https://edison.rutgers.edu/life-of-edison/inventions?catid=91&id=539&view=article permalink fedilink source parent
