TV Typewriter Cover Unit location?

Alexandre Souza alexandre.tabajara at gmail.com
Mon Oct 12 23:04:38 CDT 2015


Looks like (but not exactely) Sinclair QL keys :)
These can be easily done in 3d printing

2015-10-12 21:31 GMT-03:00 Sean Caron <scaron at umich.edu>:

> That keyboard does indeed look pretty far out ... it must have been ...
> "interesting" ... to type on :O
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> Best,
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> Sean
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> On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 6:12 PM, Brad <unclefalter at yahoo.ca> wrote:
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> > Hey there,
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> > I'm currently working on a replica of Don Lancaster's prototype TV
> > Typewriter (pic here:
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> http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/unclefalter/media/20151011_125748_zpssu7yy
> > ujf.jpg.html?o=0 )  and I was wondering - does anyone know where the unit
> > that appeared on the cover (with the more refined keyboard) ended up?
> I've
> > asked around, including Don and nobody seems to know where it got to.
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> > I'm also wondering if anyone knows a source that might have the keytops
> > that
> > unit used or something close (I understand they were made by Mechanical
> > Enterprises).  I've enough parts here to build two or three TVTs and I
> > thought after I get the prototype replica done I might go for the cover
> > unit, esp. if it no longer exists anymore.  But I understand those
> keytops
> > were kind of a one off deal for that article.
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> > Thanks!!
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> > Brad
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