5 Apr
2009
5 Apr
'09
2:37 p.m.
I always thought the VT05 was DEC's first terminal, but it appears
that the LA30 was introduced contemporaneously with the VT05.
Does anyone have an LA30 in their collection?
I know a few people here have a VT05, but I don't recall anyone saying
that they have an LA30.
If you have one, we could use some decent pictures of it. The extant
pictures on the net are small and don't show the keyboard and controls
clearly, nor do they show an example of the output.
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6 Apr
6 Apr
8:50 a.m.
I have an LA30 in my collection, although it isn't easily accessible
at the moment. Unfortunately, the LA30 uses a non-standard paper width,
or perhaps it was standard at the time and just isn't anymore. This
combined with immovable tractor feeds make getting paper for it difficult.
--tom
Richard wrote:
I always thought the VT05 was DEC's first
terminal, but it appears
that the LA30 was introduced contemporaneously with the VT05.
Does anyone have an LA30 in their collection?
I know a few people here have a VT05, but I don't recall anyone saying
that they have an LA30.
If you have one, we could use some decent pictures of it. The extant
pictures on the net are small and don't show the keyboard and controls
clearly, nor do they show an example of the output.
10:17 a.m.
>>>> "Tom" == Tom Uban <uban
at ubanproductions.com> writes:
Tom> I have an LA30 in my collection, although it isn't easily
Tom> accessible at the moment. Unfortunately, the LA30 uses a
Tom> non-standard paper width, or perhaps it was standard at the time
Tom> and just isn't anymore. This combined with immovable tractor
Tom> feeds make getting paper for it difficult.
I don't remember it being non-standard.
We had one in college, in 1974. We got rid of it as soon as possible
because it was even less reliable than an ASR33. It would jam
constantly. Sometimes it was the head jamming on the paper, sometimes
it was the head jamming on the carriage. Also, it had the worst
keyboard I ever saw; it too tended to jam.
We replaced it by an LA36, which was faster, and utterly reliable.
paul
10:32 a.m.
I don't remember it being non-standard.
The paper is 8.5" wide including the tractor holes, whereas normal
paper of that size is 8.5 plus the tractor holes so that once the
tractor edges are removed (they are usually perforated), the remaining
paper is 8.5 wide.
--tom
We had one in college, in 1974. We got rid of it as
soon as possible
because it was even less reliable than an ASR33. It would jam
constantly. Sometimes it was the head jamming on the paper, sometimes
it was the head jamming on the carriage. Also, it had the worst
keyboard I ever saw; it too tended to jam.
We replaced it by an LA36, which was faster, and utterly reliable.
paul
7 Apr
7 Apr
12:15 a.m.
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Tom Uban <uban at ubanproductions.com> wrote:
That sounds like the paper required for a Commodore 1525 printer.
-ethan
I don't
remember it being non-standard.
The paper is 8.5" wide including the tractor holes, whereas normal
paper of that size is 8.5 plus the tractor holes so that once the
tractor edges are removed (they are usually perforated), the remaining
paper is 8.5 wide. 
1:27 a.m.
On Apr 6, 2009, at 9:15 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Tom Uban <uban at
ubanproductions.com>
wrote:
Or for the ASR33 and ASR35.
ok
bear
The paper is 8.5" wide including the tractor
holes, whereas normal
paper of that size is 8.5 plus the tractor holes so that once the
tractor edges are removed (they are usually perforated), the
remaining
paper is 8.5 wide.
That sounds like the paper required for a Commodore 1525 printer.
9:29 a.m.
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 1:27 AM, r.stricklin <bear at typewritten.org> wrote:
On Apr 6, 2009, at 9:15 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
My ASR33 lacks tractor pins. Are there models that have them?
-ethan
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Tom Uban
<uban at ubanproductions.com>
wrote:
Or for the ASR33 and ASR35. The paper is 8.5" wide including the tractor
holes, whereas normal
paper of that size is 8.5 plus the tractor holes so that once the
tractor edges are removed (they are usually perforated), the remaining
paper is 8.5 wide.
That sounds like the paper required for a Commodore 1525 printer.
12:27 p.m.
On Apr 7, 2009, at 6:29 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
My ASR33 lacks tractor pins. Are there models that have them?
Sorry. My ASR35 has them and I made a guess about the ASR33, which I
should not have done. Even though in my mind the models are similar,
they really aren't.
That sounds like the paper required for a Commodore
1525 printer.
Or for the ASR33 and ASR35. 
10:05 p.m.
In article <m1LrHu5-000J3kC at p850ug1>,
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) writes:
I've never even seen pictures of it. I can imagine that this option
existed but that most people didn't get it because it cost extra?
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My ASR33 lacks
tractor pins. Are there models that have them?
So do both of mine, but according to the parts book, there's a different
platten mechanism with sprockets, and with, IIRC, a formfeed mechanism.
I've never seen it 'in the flesh', though. 
10:13 p.m.
I've never even seen pictures of it. ?I can
imagine that this option
existed but that most people didn't get it because it cost extra?
There were zillions of options for most every model Teletype (probably
the most for 28s), including some really wild ones (two color printing
and on-the-fly speed changes being some of the more bizzare).
--
Will
10:30 p.m.
William Donzelli wrote:
Well at one time two color printing made sence. Oddly I picked up
some surplus caps ... 5uf 330 VAC, .033 uf 600 V and they where
Teletype spares of some kind.
I've never
even seen pictures of it. I can imagine that this option
existed but that most people didn't get it because it cost extra?
There were zillions of options for most every model Teletype (probably
the most for 28s), including some really wild ones (two color printing
and on-the-fly speed changes being some of the more bizzare). --
Will
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