[GreenKeys] Teletype Models

[Dan Veeneman]

At 10:09 PM 2/23/03 -0800, you wrote:
>The Model 26 is still a bit of a mystery.

According to the 1963 book "Ham-RTTY" by W2NSD/1 and W4RWM, here's
what they have to say about the Model 26:


This is one of the very popular printers for amateur use.
They were originally built for the phone company by the
Teletype Corporation, but they didn't stand up as well
as the Model 15 under 24 hour a day use, and were
declared obsolete while still quite young and healthy.
Fortunately, at this time in history, the amateurs were
well enough organized so that a great many of these
machines were sold to amateurs rather than the local
junk men.  The goodly supply of these machines has
driven the price down to a very reasonable range.

The model 26 is a single magnet printer, as are all but
the old Model 12 and the very rare Model 21 receiving
printer.  It uses a small type wheel which is rotated by the
distributor to print the letters on the page.  The page
stands still and the type wheel travels across the page
as in the Model 15 and the newer IBM typewriters.  This
is a fine machine for amateur RTTY.


Sorry I don't have any more information than that.


Cheers,

Dan
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