Paper tape and Cards (and maybe ttys)

At 12:47 PM 1/13/99 -0800, Derek Peschel wrote: At 12:02 PM -0800, Chuck McManis wrote: >> Western Numerical Supply in Grass Valley California sells paper tape. I >> bought some from them for an ASR 33 I've been restoring. Getting mechanical >> TTYs is somewhat difficult at the moment. >> --Chuck >What do you mean "at the moment"? >I've thought about buying a Teletype for fun (haven't decided which model -- >I suppose the 5-bit ones are a lot simpler to maintain). The sources I >would check are this list, ham radio swapmeets/rallies, organizations for >the deaf (since Teletypes have had long and honorable service as TDD's), and >all the other usual places. But I don't know the prospects or the prices. Actually, ASR33's are sort of easy to find. Just gotta keep looking. They turn up. If you were close by you could have one of my ASR33's for the taking as I don't need three of 'em. There is an email list just for data communications gear such as Teletype machines. It's called Greenkeys. We're not a very active list, far less traffic than ClassicCmp, but several folks on the reflector are rather well-versed in TTY gear as they'd used it for years, repaired it for years or even built it at Teletype Corp. The list owner has a small data communications museum in So. Cal. Check out this URL: http://www.nadcomm.com. >So your message had me a bit worried -- What made you write that? Do you >expect the situation to improve? >OK, there is a local museum with a nice collection -- they might have >pointers too but somehow I doubt they would sell any of their machines. Which museum is that Derek? Regards, Chris -- -- Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net Member of Antique Wireless Association URL: http://www.ggw.org/freenet/a/awa/