In article <m1FT4Yd-000IxxC at p850ug1>,
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) writes:
Has anyone got one? I don't see it on bitsavers and oddly enough
Teletype Corporation isn't in the vendor drop-down list on manx!
User, or service?
I got the user manual (thanks Tom!) and the service manual would
always be handy to have in case it breaks :-).
It's a fairly good manual on the mechanical side (it even tells you how
to take the printhead apart and replace one of the solenoids). There are
schematics too. But be warned the KSR43 is stuffed with custom chips so
electronic repairs may not be triviail.
The user
manual is a thin booklet that says nothing
that's not obvious from looking at the machine,
Yes, but I like looking at old manuals because they often have things
like diagrams of the unit that are good for scraping out onto web
pages.
As a general comment, I wish more websites on old computers/peripherals
would show the insides and give some technical information. The cases are
of little interest to me, there is, however, beauty in the PCBs in some
cases.
the service manaul is
rather strangely produced. There are diagrams with arrows with lables
like (1) Undo 2 screws, (2) Remove bustle cover.
If you're willing to scan it, let's get it uploaded on bitsavers.
As I said below, I don't have a scanner, and I don't have anything to
connect it to (well, anyone got a scanner that links to a classic PERQ?)
I should have manuals for the _KSR_ 43 somewhere
(but no obvious way to
get them to you -- no scanenr or anything like that). I've never actually
seen an ASR43 (although I believe it exists).
Yes, I should have been more specific, its the KSR model that I have.
I haven't seen any indication of an ASR variation of the 43 yet.
I think I read about it once. It appeared to have an external box for the
punch/reader which linked to a (DB25?) socket on the back of the Model
43. The rearmost board which contains the RS232 buffers, etc, was
therefore different, no idea if there were other internal changes.
-tony