[GreenKeys] Re: Teletype Models

[Dan Veeneman]

At 09:14 AM 2/24/03 -0800, you wrote:
>Thanks for contributing this Dan .  It confirms some of my information on 
>the M26.  The problem is the authors did some assuming of their own.  They 
>have the machine operating backwards.  The platen moves on a 26 --- NOT 
>the carriage... Also the machine does not use a typewheel.  It is a type 
>cylinder with the print hammer inside the cylinder.  You can't believe 
>everything you read I guess.

A review of the introductory text to the book has this:


The Model 26 was released when they were found to be a bad deal for 24 
hour-a-day news
operation.  They are dandy for ham work, but are bit light to leave 
unattended for weeks
on end.  This model, like the old Model 12, is a page printer where the 
paper moves past
a fixed typing unit, like a typewriter.  The 26 has a small type wheel that 
spins to the
right letter and then bangs it against the paper, something like the kiddy 
typewriters.


It's an interesting book ("Ham-RTTY", 1963) with numerous photographs and 
schematics,
but clearly their description of the Model 26 isn't consistent.

The bibliography in the back of the book lists a reference related to the 
Model 26:

CQ Magazine, February 1960, page 75
"Transistorized Electronic Keyer" (for the Model 26)

>AND NOW the BIG question,  what the heck is a Model 21 ?

I wish I knew.  The book mentions the model but has no details.


Cheers,

Dan
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