[ARC5] OT: DY-17? Hmph!

[David Stinson]

DY17 noise?  That's nothin'...

How about.....
a real. honest-to-goodness Model 19 Teletype!
Like having a steam locomotive in the house with you.
You talk about "making a joyful noise" :-)
One of my very favorite radio memories....

"whip whap whip"  (chug chug) "whip whap whip"
       Q       S       T            Q       S     T
(chug chug)  "whap whup" (chug chug)
                    D       E
 "whop" CHONK "whip" CHONK "whip whap"
     W              1             A      W

The smell of oil, flash of sparks and 
a choir of clashing gears.....  ahhhhhhh!

For those of you too young to have ever visited
a newspaper "Wire Room,"  and for those of us
who wish we could again, think of a room with 
about 20 of these going all at once:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ml00ngVwrcU

Steampunk Heaven!