After shelving the silly idea of converting my machine to 220V
( you guys were right, my "native 220V" machine has a big transformer on
the righthand side of the typing unit, and a 115 V motor... ) I still
needed to get them running.
My latest ASR 33 comes out quite nicely after a removal of dried grease
and reoiling and seems to be fully functional, just drops a bit from
time to time when using the keyboard. (i.e. LSB missing )I hope a
cleaning of the keyboard contacts wil take care of that .
My second, older machine however has more severe malfuntioning : it
drops bits every second character, and often generates extra characters,
@ being a favorite.
I assume the error is inside the keyboard, as both units type ascii text
from a papertape without a hitch.
But what
failure mode would cause extra characters from the keyboard ?
Jos