# How do split-flap display boards work?

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**Created:** [April 9, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-split-flap-display-boards-work/167495 "2003-04-09T04:40:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 19, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-split-flap-display-boards-work/167495/21 "2013-05-19T01:21:39Z")

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Talk about not letting old traditions die. Does anyone actually still use teletype? Twenty five years ago when I was with a TV station, the AP came in on a dedicated dot matrix printer, so even then, that chak.chak.chak.chak.chak.chak.chak.chak.chak… was archaic.

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