[GreenKeys] Re: M20-RO

[gil smith]

Hi Terrance:

Nice of you to drop me a note.  Yes, the upper/lowercase model 20 is pretty
rare.  There are two of them that I knew of previously, and now your two
makes four total known units.

You may be interested in the greenkeys teletype email list -- lots of good
folks with questions, answers, etc.  It averages a few emails a day (not
overwhelming).  You need to go to:
http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys 
to sign up.  You can poke through the archives at:
http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/greenkeys/

Getting your machines hooked up to a computer is not too difficult.
I have some some interface info at:
http://www.vauxelectronics.com/gil/tty232/
and another circuit is at:
http://www.rtty.com/wa2hwj.jpg

Bill Buzbee, who has one of the other M20 machines, also wrote a program
that lets a tty send/receive email, ftp, and other cool stuff.  
http://www.buzbee.net/heavymetal/
http://www.buzbee.net/heavymetal/Intro.htm

And more good stuff is at http://www.rtty.com and http://www.nadcomm.com

keep in touch,

gil


At 09:55 PM 2/1/03 -0600, you wrote:
>After many years finally decided I was motivated to interface a
>computer with two AP printers in my living room. Was most startled to
>see on your site the identical model with the nmote the one shown is
>the only one known to exist.
>
>I have two of them.
>
>Both were removed from service from the Coshocton, Ohio Tribune in
>late 1985 or early 1986. The AP tech gave ehm to me -- only the AP did
>want to retain the current loop adaptor. 
>
>my search was to be certain my memory was correct on the current loop
>spec -- and to finda translation from computer to unit. 
>
>I'm a newspaper editor and I have always wanted to rig one to reprint
>famous dispatches of the AP -- wars, kennedy, the false EBS, etc.
>
>As you guess, I was startled to learn no one has these machines with
>the exception of the one noted on your site! Both are complete with
>the AP metal stands on shich they sit. One machoine is missing one
>keyucap, as I recall. Never gave us much trouble at the paper because
>that was the backup printer!
>
>
>
>

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