[GreenKeys] Lubricants, and how things work, and old computers, and...

Sun, 20 Jul 2003 21:08:03 -0700

are we talking about THE Ray Morrison that used to live in Arizona and then
went to live with his kids in Bakersfield or some where>

once he had moved from az I never heard from him again.... nice old guy.....
taught me a bit about  35's  during 1979 back when I started my computer
business....  he was one of those folks that made me what I am  today....'

he had an odd habit of book marking any books and magazines with
kl;enixes...  to this day this form of bookmarking bears his mane,

When  Ray Moved from Arizona it was to live with  his daughter I remember,
she was only going to allow him to bring a couple of machines...  I became
the recipient of  many boxes of parts and whole machines and  some wonderful
items like ring and spring microphones etc.....

fill me in ...... do we have  the same person?

Thanks Ed Sharpe archivist for SMECC

Please check our web site at
 http://www.smecc.org
to see other engineering fields, communications and computation stuff we
buy, and by all means  when in Arizona drop in and see us.

address:

 coury house / smecc
5802 w palmaire ave
glendale az 85301

ed sharpe archivist for smecc
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Subject: [GreenKeys] Lubricants, and how things work, and old computers,
and...

> The late W6SCR had a Teletype repair business, and I believe it was he who
> advised soaking the machine in kerosene.  At least somebody advised that,
> and that is what I have been doing.  Then you have to do some brushing to
> get at the really sticky stuff, but most of it comes off in the bath.
>
> The first machine I ever did was a Model 15, when the late Ray Morrison
> gave me a box of enough parts to build one, mostly in the form of broken
> machines.  I took that absolutely apart, cleaned each part with Gunk,
> washed in water, used some kind of de-rusting stuff on rusty parts,
> dried everything carefully, and put it all back together using the parts
> book as a guide.  Later learned that there are some assemblies you aren't
> supposed to take apart.
>
> Lately I've been using 3-in-1 large motor oil.  This comes in a blue and
> white can instead of the red and black and white of regular 3-in-1, and
> says it is 20 wt.  Doesn't have the right odor tho.  We need some Teletype
> perfume.
>
> I have a couple of PDP11/03s looking for homes.
>
> -- 
>
> jhaynes at alumni dot uark dot edu
>
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