Billy wrote:
Last week, I brought home my very own 160-A. Complete
with the 161
typewriter unit and a bunch of spares. I had to move it about 300 miles
using a garbage (U-Haul) truck.
VERY COOL!
Put it in the garage, powered it up and it ran!
What??? You didn't test the DC power supplies first? Naughty, naughty!
Keyed in a couple of
simple memory tests and an adder test. All passed. It was a great day.
Sounds that way.
The 161 typewriter is very very rough. Lots of work
to be done here.
Heavy rust on the chassis, formica separating from the top, etc. Has
anybody on the list had any experience on repainting these old chasses?
I'm talking to some body shops, but would like to find a specialty
paint within driving distance of Silicon Valley.
Los Altos Typewriter. They restored the IBM Model B electric typewriters
used as console devices on CHM's IBM 1620 and DEC PDP-1. Don't
expect them to do anything with the computer interface part, but they
do great work on the typewriter mechanism.
Eric