[GreenKeys] What is a Dome Mounted ROTR?

[Don Robert House]

Here is my answer:

A ROTR (Receive Only Typing Reperforator) is dome mounted in the 
upper left portion of the ASR behind the TD. The tape comes out of an 
oblong hole in the cover above the TD.  It is Receive Only...  in 
other words you cannot type on your keyboard and cause the ROTR to 
punch.  It is set up to take traffic from a different circuit, to be 
re-transmitted on your TD.  A ROTR has its own Electrical Service 
Unit and its own Motor Unit.

A stand alone ROTR sits on a table and works the same way.  Both of 
these devices use a belt and cog drive in addition to two special 
gears, or a gear shift mechanism.

A Typing Reperforator that is mounted so that the operator can cut 
tape from the keyboard of the ASR is the more common application for 
a Typing Reperforator.
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Don Robert House
North American Data Communications Museum
URL: http://www.nadcomm.org
Computer Museum of America
URL: http://www.computer-museum.org