[GreenKeys] Era of TTY's

[Paul Wills]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Robert House" <drhouse@abac.com>
To: "Jack" <wa2hwj@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <greenkeys@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Era of TTY's


> There were plenty 28s during all of the 60s but NOT at the news
> services.  At IBT we had over 500 of them to maintain in 1966.  By
> 1970 we had only 3 Model 15s and 3 model 19s left.  .

I remember touring the Evening Bulletin where my uncle worked around 1977-78
and still saw a couple of model 15s working on their wire service.  (He
started saving the "roll ends" for me to use on my own.  They always put a
fresh paper roll on in before it had a chance to run out overnight.  I still
have a box of them somewhere.)

> At Ball Brothers Glass company I replaced a 19 ASR on TWX with a 33 ASRThe
> operator was devastated.

As he should have been!  ;-)

PDW