[GreenKeys] Item on eBay web site item#3218658091: Western Electric KS Pen Recorder

[Don Robert House]

The machine is later than 1880.  It has a KS number meaning it was 
built for Western Electric under a specification written in Kearny, 
New Jersey.  The device is a pen recorder.  They were used for years 
at telephone companys to trouble-shoot circuits by following the 
current flow in a circuit.  I understand that under certain 
conditions they could print the dots and dashes of Morse code.  There 
are quite a few of these around and the value is $100. or less 
depending on condition.

At any rate it is not a TICKER and it is not a TELETYPE.

Don

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>Title of item:	1880 Ticker Tape/Telegraph/Teletype machine
>Seller:	grannyjo
>Starts:	Apr-11-03 13:28:47 PDT
>Ends:	Apr-21-03 13:28:47 PDT
>Price:	Currently $102.50
>To bid on the item, go to: 
>	http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3218658091

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Don Robert House
North American Data Communications Museum
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Computer Museum of America
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