28 May
2009
28 May
'09
11:40 p.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 28 May 2009 at 16:29, Fred Cisin wrote:
The ASR I used in high school, and the one I bought, both had acoustic
couplers that had rubber seals around both sides, and fit a Western
Electric simple phone precisely. As a matter of fact, when you would
remove the phone, it would make a sucking kind of 'pop' noise when the
phone came out of the cradle. There was no lid involved. A picture of
one of these beasts prior to restoration is available at:
http://www.pdp8.net/asr33/pics/old_front.shtml?large
The rubber cups are missing, though...
Warren
We saw him dial, and put the handset into the
cradle, but he did NOT
shut the lid. The notch is there for a reason. If you don't close
the lid, ambient noise, such as a nearby printer or 026, can be a
problem.
Yeah Fred, but a modern laptop isn't nearly as noisy as an ASR33! I
don't recall Silent 700 terminals having any such lid on the acoustic
coupler.