10 Aug
2012
10 Aug
'12
9:16 a.m.
Someone I know on this list has an ASR33 Teletype which has a tractor feed.
I am sure that all the ones I used at the time were friction feed. Was
tractor feed a common thing on these terminals?
Regards
Rob
10 Aug
10 Aug
9:23 a.m.
In article <CAArkeuj1AHvspPZuE3v2Q9nv7xA12MtWKTR=G31v_S4yjToXwg at mail.gmail.com>,
Jarratt RMA <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com> writes:
Someone I know on this list has an ASR33 Teletype
which has a tractor feed.
I am sure that all the ones I used at the time were friction feed. Was
tractor feed a common thing on these terminals?
Hard to say if it was "common" or not, but it was an option available
from Teletype. I think it might have been more common
on the later
Model 43.
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12:50 p.m.
Someone I know on this list has an ASR33 Teletype which has a tractor feed.
I am sure that all the ones I used at the time were friction feed. Was
tractor feed a common thing on these terminals?
I don;t think it was common (at least not for 'computer-interfaced'
ASR33s (all that I have ever seen have been friction feed), but the
pastsbook shows exploded diagrams of the tractor feed version.
IIRC the plated knob was metal and the had a large button on the end to
disengage the tractor mechasnim wehen loading paper. I may have a couple
of spare knobs in my junk box, but no other parts of this mechanism.
-tony
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