Model 28 Teletype on ebay

[Brad]

Thanks!  I'm just trying to figure out my options.  There aren't many teletypes coming up to begin with, and finding something that I'd really like like an ASR-33 might not happen any time soon.   The model 28 looks like a serious machine.   It feels like something someone would have gotten cheap or free back in the day and found a way to rig up for use with a computer.  But maybe not. :)

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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of william degnan
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Subject: Re: Model 28 Teletype on ebay

I seem to remember that the Tech Processor Technologies 3P+S described how to get a model 28 running with its IO board.  You'd have to check that, but sure why not?  It's just harder to do anything with a machine that's not really made for systems that generally-speaking look for ascii and 8 bit tape to read in programs.

On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Brad <unclefalter at yahoo.ca> wrote:

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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Teletype-equipment-1-model-28-writer-1-reperfo
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> Wasn't sure if it was two units?  The first couple of pics look different.
> Anyway, if I understood correctly, it was possible (and possibly done 
> in the 1970s by hobbyists) to convert one of these baudot teletypes to 
> ASCII and use with a computer?  This one is out of my reach since the 
> auction is pick up only.  But I kind of like the look of the Model 28 
> and I understand they're pretty bulletproof once you have them 
> working.  I'm just not sure if this would work, and if this particular 
> one is ASR or what, because it mentions a reperforator and from what I 
> read 28s that came with that had a tape reader also?
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