12 Jan
2011
12 Jan
'11
2:24 a.m.
The big minor thing is the back panel to the stand.
It's missing
Bill, we have several *SR-33 "parts" machines; I'll mail you a back
panel for the stand. Send me your address in a private message.
12 Jan
12 Jan
3:59 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz
Sent: 12 January 2011 07:25
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Teletype Tales Part 3
for the
The big minor thing is the back panel to the
stand. It's missing
Bill, we have several *SR-33 "parts" machines; I'll mail you a back panel
stand. Send me your address in a private message.
I remember my first computer experiences were in terminal rooms full of
teletypes. You realised just how noisy they were when the machine (a
DECSYSTEM-20) went down and all the terminals stopped at once. I would love
to get hold of an ASR33 but they seem pretty rare these days.
Regards
Rob
6:41 a.m.
Be careful.. Teletypes used for ham radio are Baudot code. Those for US TWX
and computer are Ascii.
Regards
?
Rod Smallwood G8DGR
?
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From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz
Sent: 12 January 2011 09:06
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Teletype Tales Part 3
I would love to get hold of an ASR33 but they seem
pretty rare these days.
Not really. Check with your nearest ham radio geezer. :)
10:36 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:41:22AM -0000, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Be careful.. Teletypes used for ham radio are Baudot code. Those for US TWX
Hey, I thought you guys steadfastly referred to that as 'Murray code'
technically the proper name for it. ;-)
and computer are Ascii.
Those were the old TTY 15 or TTY 19s. The 19s were the ASR (paper tape).
Some early computer buffs *did* wire those beasts up for printer use
in the very early days. BYTE magazine I believe. UPPER CASE ONLY OF COURSE
but better than nothing back then. I would imagine these are of interest
to some other g33ks too. It would be hard those with a 33 or 35 I'd think.
Regards
?
Rod Smallwood G8DGR
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12:14 p.m.
On Wednesday (01/12/2011 at 10:36AM -0500), Diane Bruce wrote:
Those were the old TTY 15 or TTY 19s. The 19s were the ASR (paper tape).
Some early computer buffs *did* wire those beasts up for printer use
in the very early days. BYTE magazine I believe. UPPER CASE ONLY OF COURSE
but better than nothing back then. I would imagine these are of interest
to some other g33ks too. It would be hard those with a 33 or 35 I'd think.
Don't forget the model 28 which is probably the most popular 5-level unit
that many hams ended up with-- and there is the model 32 which looks
exactly like a model 33 except that the 32 is baudot and the 33 is ascii.
The PROM monitor in the Altair 680b supports a BAUDOT console and the
board provids a 60mA current loop interface to connect it up-- for both
in and out... and you can load Motorola S-record formatted binaries
from your 5-level paper tape reader should you have
one.
Chris N0JCF
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4:06 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:41:22AM -0000, Rod Smallwood wrote:
Some of us do, at least when I'm being prcise...
Be careful.. Teletypes used for ham radio are Baudot code. Those for US TWX
Hey, I thought you guys steadfastly referred to that as 'Murray code'
technically the proper name for it. ;-) and computer are Ascii.
Those were the old TTY 15 or TTY 19s. The 19s were the ASR (paper tape).
4:42 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 09:06:48PM +0000, Tony Duell wrote:
*nod*
...
>
...
Hey, I thought
you guys steadfastly referred to that as 'Murray code'
technically the proper name for it. ;-)
Some of us do, at least when I'm being prcise...
Over here, the common Teletype (meaning something made by Teletype Corp)
is the model 33. Most of the 5 level machines you get here are Creeds.
I have seen a Creed and knew they were much more common over in the UK,
but they are rare.
-tony
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13 Jan
13 Jan
4:20 p.m.
> Over here, the common Teletype (meaning something
made by Teletype Corp)
> is the model 33. Most of the 5 level machines you get here are Creeds.
Inicndetally, The Teletype Model 33 appears as a 'Data Dynamics' machine
over here too. it's the standard typing unit, punch, keyboard and reader
with a Data Dynamics casing and call control unit. At least one version
has an RS232 (as opposed to current loop) interface.
I have seen a Creed and knew they were much more common over in the UK,
but they are rare.
Are they? At one time the Creed 7 in one of its versions was very common
as an amateur RTTY machine. The Creed 444 is not uncommon either.
-tony
14 Jan
14 Jan
12:31 a.m.
?
Did somebody say Data Dynamics? Well them I knew well. Whilst at DEC I used
to supply them with LA36 print mechanics and logic boards, 500 at a time.
They added their own metalwork and I think keyboard. Some were fitted?with
Facit tape punches and readers. It made a nice 30cps printing terminal. I
would love to get my hands on one those just for old times sake.
They had a factory in Hayes. The company was run by a couple of old guys
called Tindall and Stabler. This would have been around 1975/76
Regards
Rod Smallwood
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On Behalf Of Tony Duell
Sent: 13 January 2011 21:21
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Teletype Tales Part 3
> Over here, the common Teletype (meaning something
made by Teletype Corp)
> is the model 33. Most of the 5 level machines you
get here are Creeds.
Inicndetally, The Teletype Model 33 appears as a 'Data Dynamics' machine
over here too. it's the standard typing unit, punch, keyboard and reader
with a Data Dynamics casing and call control unit. At least one version
has an RS232 (as opposed to current loop) interface.
I have seen a Creed and knew they were much more common over in the UK,
but they are rare.
Are they? At one time the Creed 7 in one of its versions was very common
as an amateur RTTY machine. The Creed 444 is not uncommon either.
-tony
3:03 p.m.
=A0
Did somebody say Data Dynamics? Well them I knew well. Whilst at DEC I =
Indeed I did..
used
to supply them with LA36 print mechanics and logic boards, 500 at a =
time.
YEs, Data Dynamics seemed to have a fair number of products which used
standard mechanisms (like the LA36 or the ASR33) with their own
cases/electroncis/modifications.
They added their own metalwork and I think keyboard.
Some were =
fitted=A0with
Facit tape punches and readers. It made a nice 30cps printing terminal. =
I
would love to get my hands on one those just for old times sake.
They had a factory in Hayes. The company was run by a couple of old guys
called Tindall and Stabler. This would have been around 1975/76
They were going long after that. I have a Data Danamics paper tape punch
(Model 1130 I think). Some years ago (say late 80's) I phoned the factyry
to see if they had any mechanical repair data for it (I hae the
electroncis manaul + scheamtics). Alas they didn't keep old manuals :-(,
so I had to work it all out myself...
-tony
13 Jan
13 Jan
2:02 p.m.
The ham radio people tend to look at the ASR-33 as a light-weight junk
teletype for amateurs. They generally tried to get rid of them, until
they figured out recently that they'll fetch crazy prices from
classic computer collectors, especially if they're maintained and working.
- John
3:07 p.m.
On 13 Jan 2011 at 13:02, John Foust wrote:
The ham radio people tend to look at the ASR-33 as a light-weight junk
teletype for amateurs. They generally tried to get rid of them, until
they figured out recently that they'll fetch crazy prices from classic
computer collectors, especially if they're maintained and working.
Isn't there quite a lot of old 5 level gear (TTY and simple one-line
keyboard-displays) around for TDD (for the deaf)?
I'm surprised that some of these compact terminals haven't been
hacked into service for use on vintage computer gear.
--Chuck
3:31 p.m.
On 1/13/11 3:07 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Are they really 5-level code??
-Dave
--
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Port Charlotte, FL
The ham radio
people tend to look at the ASR-33 as a light-weight junk
teletype for amateurs. They generally tried to get rid of them, until
they figured out recently that they'll fetch crazy prices from classic
computer collectors, especially if they're maintained and working.
Isn't there quite a lot of old 5 level gear (TTY and simple one-line
keyboard-displays) around for TDD (for the deaf)?
I'm surprised that some of these compact terminals haven't been
hacked into service for use on vintage computer gear.
6:43 p.m.
On 13 Jan 2011 at 15:31, Dave McGuire wrote:
Are they really 5-level code??
Yup, uppercase only with limited punctuation. 1 start, 5 data, 1.5
stop at 45.5 bps, IIRC.
That low speed and 5 bits creates problems for PC TDD TTY emulators.
The most popular one, PCTTY for Windows, uses a novel approach to
handle it:
http://www.pctty.com/
Cheers,
Chuck
14 Jan
14 Jan
12:53 a.m.
> Isn't there quite a lot of old 5 level gear
(TTY and simple one-line
> keyboard-displays) around for TDD (for the deaf)?
> I'm surprised that some of these compact terminals haven't been
> hacked into service for use on vintage computer gear.
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Dave McGuire wrote:
Are they really 5-level code??
yes.
with acoustic couplers!
Don't wait too long - almost everybody is switching to "texting" or at
least email. They won't be around much longer.
1:52 a.m.
On 13 Jan 2011 at 21:53, Fred Cisin wrote:
Some even have small printers for logging the conversation.
There's a Ultratech TDDS for $13.99 BIN on eBay. Battery or AC
adapter. Item 130461437516.
There's an Ultratech Superprint TDDS for $29.99 with free shipping:
320596936540.
Could be fun to play around with.
--Chuck
> Isn't
there quite a lot of old 5 level gear (TTY and simple
> one-line keyboard-displays) around for TDD (for the deaf)? I'm
> surprised that some of these compact terminals haven't been hacked
> into service for use on vintage computer gear.
On Thu, 13 Jan 2011, Dave McGuire wrote:
Are they really 5-level code??
yes.
with acoustic couplers!
Don't wait too long - almost everybody is switching to "texting" or at
least email. They won't be around much longer.
13 Jan
13 Jan
9:12 p.m.
On Thursday (01/13/2011 at 01:02PM -0600), John Foust wrote:
The ham radio people tend to look at the ASR-33 as a light-weight junk
teletype for amateurs. They generally tried to get rid of them, until
they figured out recently that they'll fetch crazy prices from
classic computer collectors, especially if they're maintained and working.
I'm really conflicted because I am one of _those_ ham radio people
and a classic computer collector and I've restored two ASR-33 in the
past year... so that they are tuned up and adjusted to factory specs...
internally as clean as new and run as smooth as can be-- and I am going
to keep them ;-)
Chris N0JCF
--
Chris Elmquist
12 Jan
12 Jan
1 p.m.
The TTY rescue story was certainly interesting, but that got me to
wondering--does anyone have a collection of Friden Flexowriters?
--Chuck
1:11 p.m.
On 1/12/11 1:00 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
The TTY rescue story was certainly interesting, but
that got me to
wondering--does anyone have a collection of Friden Flexowriters?
I have one, an SPS:
http://www.neurotica.com/wiki/Friden_Flexowriter
I got it from MIT on the same trip as my ASR-33 and the PDP-11/50.
It is *almost* functional; the carriage advance belt is snapped and
needs to be repaired or replaced.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
13 Jan
13 Jan
12:24 a.m.
John B and I have several in stock, as well as Justowriters.
Jim
On 1/12/2011 10:19 AM, William Donzelli wrote:
The TTY rescue
story was certainly interesting, but that got me to
wondering--does anyone have a collection of Friden Flexowriters?
RCS has a few, I
think I have one kicking around.
--
Will
4:36 p.m.
On 1/12/11 4:13 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
Sad, it is. What model do you have?
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
The TTY rescue
story was certainly interesting, but that got me to
wondering--does anyone have a collection of Friden Flexowriters?
Alas one flexowriter does not make a 'collection' :-)
13 Jan
13 Jan
3:54 p.m.
Alas one
flexowriter does not make a 'collection' :-)
Sad, it is. What model do you have? 
13 Jan
13 Jan
4:56 a.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Chuck Guzis wrote:
The TTY rescue story was certainly interesting, but
that got me to
wondering--does anyone have a collection of Friden Flexowriters?
Not really a collection, but four or five units (two are LGP-30 models).
Christian
12:44 p.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
In article <alpine.DEB.2.00.1101131055140.9483 at linuxserv.home>,
Christian Corti <cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I picked up two recently, haven't had a chance to investigate them in
more detail yet.
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The TTY rescue story was certainly interesting,
but that got me to
wondering--does anyone have a collection of Friden Flexowriters?
Not really a collection, but four or five units (two are LGP-30 models). 
3:56 p.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
I managed to snag an SPD a few years ago - a little dirty, but
everything functions. Also have a full schematic for the beast if
anyone is interested...
(http://mycroftxxx.com/~go/Flexowriter_Schematic.ps.bz2) Uncompressed,
it's about 680mbytes. (Al Kossow: copy if you want to archive on
bitsavers) It was originally scanned as a color .tif, which explains
it's size.
But what I want to know: what are modern equivalents to the two Cannon
(I think) plugs that serve as external interface. Mine has the two
requisite dummies (well, one has a bunch of wires that I believes enable
the tape reader/punch) but I don't really want to use those for
connection. I've scoured the Cannon web pages (and our old catalogs at
my company) and can't find a specific cross. Lots look close...
Anyone have specific information on what secret codes are needed to
order exact replacements?
-Gary
On 01/13/2011 09:44 AM, Richard wrote:
In article<alpine.DEB.2.00.1101131055140.9483 at
linuxserv.home>,
Christian Corti<cc at informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> writes:
On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I picked up two recently, haven't had a chance to investigate them in
more detail yet.
The TTY rescue story was certainly interesting,
but that got me to
wondering--does anyone have a collection of Friden Flexowriters?
Not really a collection, but four or five units (two are LGP-30 models).
4:26 p.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
Anyone have specific information on what secret codes
are needed to order
exact replacements?
Can you send a picture of your specific need? I have almost a complete
run of Radio Masters, and I am pretty sure Cannon had a good sized
section in each catalog.
--
Will
5:34 p.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
In article <AANLkTinTqwKUiy+_B+9S_26VHNA39Bk7M8EUjkbBSxrj at mail.gmail.com>,
William Donzelli <wdonzelli at gmail.com> writes:
This one?
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flexowriter_connectors.JPG>
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Anyone have
specific information on what secret codes are needed to order
exact replacements?
Can you send a picture of your specific need? I have almost a complete
run of Radio Masters, and I am pretty sure Cannon had a good sized
section in each catalog. 
6:47 p.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
Those are the connectors. I've searched for the numbers on mine
throughout the Cannon selection mechanism and have never come
up with anything that fits. Cannon's catalogs have always been
rather impenetrable to me... Especially with older 'lega
-Gary
On 01/13/2011 02:34 PM, Richard wrote:
In
article<AANLkTinTqwKUiy+_B+9S_26VHNA39Bk7M8EUjkbBSxrj at mail.gmail.com>,
William Donzelli<wdonzelli at gmail.com> writes:
This one?
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flexowriter_connectors.JPG>
Anyone
have specific information on what secret codes are needed to order
exact replacements?
Can you send a picture of your specific need? I have almost a complete
run of Radio Masters, and I am pretty sure Cannon had a good sized
section in each catalog.
14 Jan
14 Jan
10:45 a.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
Those are the connectors. ?I've searched for the
numbers on mine
throughout the Cannon selection mechanism and have never come
up with anything that fits. ?Cannon's catalogs have always been
rather impenetrable to me... ?Especially with older 'lega
When I get back home, I will check my catalogs.
It is possible that the insert is a custom configuration. The K number
certainly looks Cannon, but does sort of small custom. Can you tell me
the ID of the metal shell? Cannon, and most other "round shell
military connector" makers, have different sized shells with the same
pin configuration.
Making custom inserts is possible with a little effort.
--
Will
11:10 a.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
On 1/14/11 10:45 AM, William Donzelli wrote:
I'm very much interested in this as well; thank you for looking into
this. It's my eventual desire to build a little box with a
microcontroller to add on to my SPS to make it speak ASCII.
-Dave
--
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Port Charlotte, FL
Those are the
connectors. I've searched for the numbers on mine
throughout the Cannon selection mechanism and have never come
up with anything that fits. Cannon's catalogs have always been
rather impenetrable to me... Especially with older 'lega
When I get back home, I will check my catalogs.
It is possible that the insert is a custom configuration. The K number
certainly looks Cannon, but does sort of small custom. Can you tell me
the ID of the metal shell? Cannon, and most other "round shell
military connector" makers, have different sized shells with the same
pin configuration.
Making custom inserts is possible with a little effort.
8:43 p.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
There is no number, just "Cannon" on the metal shell
(containing the strain relief.) The threaded ring that
attaches the connector to the female shell *does*,
however have a number. The 50 pin male pin body
also contains no number that I can find.
The numbers on the rings of the two connectors are:
CA-K22909-4
KOA6-27-50PM (The KOA6 might be KDA6)
-Gary
On 01/14/2011 07:45 AM, William Donzelli wrote:
Those are the
connectors. I've searched for the numbers on mine
throughout the Cannon selection mechanism and have never come
up with anything that fits. Cannon's catalogs have always been
rather impenetrable to me... Especially with older 'lega
When I get back home, I will check my catalogs.
It is possible that the insert is a custom configuration. The K number
certainly looks Cannon, but does sort of small custom. Can you tell me
the ID of the metal shell? Cannon, and most other "round shell
military connector" makers, have different sized shells with the same
pin configuration.
Making custom inserts is possible with a little effort.
--
Will
9:30 p.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
There is no number, just "Cannon" on the metal shell
(containing the strain relief.) The threaded ring that
attaches the connector to the female shell *does*,
however have a number. The 50 pin male pin body
also contains no number that I can find.
The numbers on the rings of the two connectors are:
CA-K22909-4
KOA6-27-50PM (The KOA6 might be KDA6)
-Gary
On 01/14/2011 07:45 AM, William Donzelli wrote:
Those are the
connectors. I've searched for the numbers on mine
throughout the Cannon selection mechanism and have never come
up with anything that fits. Cannon's catalogs have always been
rather impenetrable to me... Especially with older 'lega
When I get back home, I will check my catalogs.
It is possible that the insert is a custom configuration. The K number
certainly looks Cannon, but does sort of small custom. Can you tell me
the ID of the metal shell? Cannon, and most other "round shell
military connector" makers, have different sized shells with the same
pin configuration.
Making custom inserts is possible with a little effort.
--
Will
13 Jan
13 Jan
5:32 p.m.
New subject: Flexowriters
In article <4D2F66F8.9060505 at aerodesic.com>,
Gary Oliver <go at aerodesic.com> writes:
I managed to snag an SPD a few years ago - a little
dirty, but
everything functions. Also have a full schematic for the beast if
anyone is interested...
(http://mycroftxxx.com/~go/Flexowriter_Schematic.ps.bz2) Uncompressed,
it's about 680mbytes. (Al Kossow: copy if you want to archive on
bitsavers) It was originally scanned as a color .tif, which explains
it's size.
Apparently, this is a single page, which I distilled into a 2 MB PDF.
<http://www.xmission.com/~legalize/vintage/docs/friden/flexowriter_spd_schematic.pdf>
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12 Jan
12 Jan
3:56 p.m.
Rod Smallwood wrote:
Be careful.. Teletypes used for ham radio are Baudot
code.
There are no Teletypes that use Baudot code. They use a US variant of
the ITA2 five-level code.
Baudot code was only used until about 1901. Murray code was used until
the 1930s. Everything after that used ITA2.
13 Jan
13 Jan
3:45 a.m.
That?s funny I worked on Creed teleprinters in the 1970's and we always
referred to them as five unit Baudot. The tape was narrower than the ASR 33
and had five holes plus a sprocket hole.
Regards
?
Rod Smallwood
?
?
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Eric Smith
Sent: 12 January 2011 20:57
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Teletype Tales Part 3
Rod Smallwood wrote:
Be careful.. Teletypes used for ham radio are Baudot
code.
There are no Teletypes that use Baudot code. They use a US variant of
the ITA2 five-level code.
Baudot code was only used until about 1901. Murray code was used until
the 1930s. Everything after that used ITA2.
4:43 p.m.
That=92s funny I worked on Creed teleprinters in the 1970's and we =
always
referred to them as five unit Baudot. The tape was narrower than the ASR =
The original Baudot code, as used on the baudot Quadruplex, was differnet
to the 5 unit code used by Creeds, etc in the 1970s...
Just as the code used for amateur CW operation (and elsewhere) is most
definitely not the original Morse code.
33
and had five holes plus a sprocket hole.
Yes, I wil agreethat said machines used a 5 unit code, and the tape is as
you described. AFAIK the hole diameters and spacing is the same on this 5
level tape and on the more common 8-level tape used on computers.
-tony
12 Jan
12 Jan
10:26 a.m.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 04:05:32AM -0500, Evan Koblentz wrote:
ummm I don't _think_ I am a ham radio geezer *yet*. ;-)
- 73 Diane VA3DB
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I would love to get hold of an ASR33 but they seem
pretty rare these days.
Not really. Check with your nearest ham radio geezer. :) 
10:53 a.m.
>I would
love to get hold of an ASR33 but they seem
pretty rare these days.
Not really.? Check with your nearest ham radio
geezer.???:)
ummm I don't _think_ I am a ham radio geezer *yet*.?
;-)
- 73 Diane VA3DB
12:14 p.m.
On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 07:53:44AM -0800, Brian L. Stuart wrote:
> > >I would love to get hold of an ASR33 but
they seem
> pretty rare these days.
...
Geezerhood seems to get closer all the time for me.
...
code at 142 WPM while walking up hill in the snow
both ways. Hey, you kids, get off my yard!"
Hey, we had to do that barefoot. You guys got it easy.
BLS - WD4AWY
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11:04 a.m.
On 1/12/11 4:05 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
I dunno about that. Having spent most of the 80s doing lots of ham
radio, I knew dozens of hams in the NJ/PA area, and (nature of the
beast) several in far-away places. I never knew a single one who had a
Teletype. Not one.
I've been looking for an ASR-33 since about 1989, and finally got one
about a year and a half ago. I didn't really shake the trees, but I did
ask pretty much everyone.
I suspect these aren't as common as many people seem to think.
-Dave
(formerly KA2UZK, expired since the early 90's, waiting to get out of
"crisis mode" so I can learn all the new regs and re-up)
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
I would love
to get hold of an ASR33 but they seem pretty rare these
days.
Not really. Check with your nearest ham radio geezer. :)
11:13 a.m.
I dunno about that. Having spent most of the 80s
doing lots of ham
radio, I knew dozens of hams in the NJ/PA area, and (nature of the
beast) several in far-away places. I never knew a single one who had
a Teletype. Not one.
Oh well. Maybe my group has just been lucky. We have a pallet full of
parts machines. Lately they've been showing up on our doorstep almost
as often as C-64s.
11:26 a.m.
On 1/12/11 11:13 AM, Evan Koblentz wrote:
When I get home (I'm in WV for an extended stay to help with the
estate of a deceased family member) I will check my '33. I know I need
a top hat, but there might be a few other things. Maybe I can hit up
your pallet of parts machines. :)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
I dunno about
that. Having spent most of the 80s doing lots of ham
radio, I knew dozens of hams in the NJ/PA area, and (nature of the
beast) several in far-away places. I never knew a single one who had a
Teletype. Not one.
Oh well. Maybe my group has just been lucky. We have a pallet full of
parts machines. Lately they've been showing up on our doorstep almost as
often as C-64s. 
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