Hello
I am trying to identify this rack printer from the time period of 1966. The printer
circled in this photo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/19997518 at N02/4085043282/
is the unit in question, it was made by "Franklin" , and you can imagine the
search results I get when searching for "Franklin printer" EVERYTHING is about
Benjamin Franklin.
The equipment in the photo is a Delco missile guidance telemetry monitor, I have seen
photos of the same printer used in Nasa tracking station equipment from the 1960's,
and I know that a aircraft version of the printer was used in military planes of the same
time.
We are trying to restore a Delco Telemetry console from the 1960's that is missing the
Franklin printer, and we would like to try to find one to replace the original.
If anyone can provide information about the company that made these printers (I assume
they went by the Franklin name) or can ID this actual printer model, it would be off
immense help for us, we assume they were a USA company, but that is all I know.
I did get to talk with the gentleman that was in charge of the Delco telemetry dept in
1967, and the only information he could recall is that the printer was a impact printer,
made by Franklin, and was a high end unit for its day.
Thanks to all, and silly prize to anyone who can solve this !
Walter wlsilva at
sbcglobal.net