[GreenKeys] Ribbons for older TTY's

[Don Robert House]

At 5:23 PM -0500 2/21/2003, Doug Alderdice wrote:
>At 04:26 PM 2/21/2003, david freeman wrote:
>>Does anyone have information where colored ribbons (red, blue, 
>>purple, brown, etc...) can be found. Even if it's on the wrong 
>>spool as long as it's 1/2" wide, (I have lots of empties). I have 
>>some RTTY pix that are designed for multi-colors
>>
>>Dave, WW8S
>
>I just bought a purple point-of-sale machine ribbon at my local 
>Office Max.  It comes on really tiny spools (maybe an inch in dia.) 
>but the ribbon is 1/2" wide and 19.5" ft long; no problem to spool 
>off onto a full-size teletype spool.  Only thing is there are no 
>rivets on the ribbon ends to trip the ribbon reversing mechanism. 
>If you have a small pop rivet tool you can probably add that 
>yourself.  I don't.  I bought it because I needed a ribbon for the 
>typing reperf in my 28ASR and it was the only thing that Office Max 
>had in a 1/2" ribbon and I had a big paper tape punch project to do, 
>so I just watch the spools when I am punching tape and hit the 
>reversing lever myself at the right time.
>
>The ribbon is a Royal #013090 Cash Register Ribbon.
>
>Have fun.
>
>73,
>
>Doug, KA2WFT
>
>NNNN


I have the tool to put in the eyelets but have not been able to find 
the eyelets.
Don
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