20 Nov
2014
20 Nov
'14
11:15 p.m.
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On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:59 AM, Paul Anderson <useddec at gmail.com> wrote:
Where are you located? I have an extra 33 in
Illinois.
Paul
On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:53 AM, drlegendre . <drlegendre at gmail.com>
wrote:
I've gone off the Deep End and now I just
have to re-have a Teletype
model
33.. I feel awful about what became of the junker
I bought for $15 when I
was a 13 year-old and wish I still had it today, so I could fix it and
put
it to use.
So what should a mentally-challenged guy like myself be looking for, in a
Model 33 - preferably an ASR model with the paper tape reader?
What does and doesn't go bad? Are there any serious game-changing,
show-stopping or buzz-killing issues that effectively render one of these
units as a parts donor? What differences exist between the various
ASR-model units, as they progress through the years? What does one look
for
- and more importantly, what to avoid?
And one more - how do you differentiate a 20mA current-loop model from a
'standard' RS-232 model? Can you tell from the rear panel, or do you need
to go under the hood?