Message: 1 Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:17:22 -0400 From: B Degnan <billdeg at degnanco.com> Subject: ASR 33 not horizontally spacing To: cctech at classiccmp.org Message-ID: <4AD24B62.9050706 at degnanco.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed I knocked over my previously working teletype. After locating all of the pieces, I carefully re-installed as much I could. The whole thing came apart, little pieces everywhere. The typewriter became detached from the keyboard. Pretty bad. I almost got it working, but there is one thing that I cannot seem to fix. The problem is that the print head is not moving horizontally along the line, it just says in place and types each character on top of itself. I do know that the teletype is sending data correctly from the keyboard to the computer through the serial cable, and the computer is receiving the commands. Output from the computer to the teletype is received and the print head itself is printing the correct characters. The problem is that the print head is not being moved to the right/horizontally. I can manually move the print head while in a operation (I can send a punch command to the printout paper for example) and if I time it just right I can space out the printed characters manually so I can see what has been sent from the computer. Can anyone help identify the fix? I would be willing to travel to someone with experience who repairs these (w/i 250 miles of Wilmington, Delaware), we can talk offline about service fees/trades. I have a lot of spare teletype and other parts. Worst case I guess I will offer buy another stock ASR 33 if anyone has one and this one can't be fixed. Is there such thing as teletype repair in the Philadelphia - Washington DC area? Here are some pics, if they do any good. I can take more of targeted locations. http://vintagecomputer.net/teletype/asr33/2009/ Bill Degnan