[GreenKeys] typeboxes

[Tom Jennings]

(I had to re-send this, I messed up the email address and it bounced
back to me, so it's out of order.)

On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 13:54, Richard M. Gillingham wrote:
> Yes, the 35 type box will fit the '28.  but the holes are evenly spaced, and
> the vertical lines of holes are straight...  Not so on the '28 box. The type
> hammer on the '28 will strike most of the palets, but not perfectly.  This
> wears out both the hammer and damages the palets.  Also, the letter
> arrangement of the palets is different between the two.

These typeboxes have the stagger (eg. the rows of pallets are shifted
plus and/or minus .020" - ..040" (guesswork) from straight up and down.
It's not apparent from the ink end, but clearly visible from the back
side. I brought 'em with me today, I'll see if I can get the scanner
here at work on my laptop and put a photo up on my webpage.

(I didn't know about the 35 business though, and I probably would have
worn out my machine through ignorance. I've never seen a 35.)

They're marked:

TD	(the "ASCII" set, only one unused position)
TU	(like a partial "weather" char set plus [ ] $ = < ; >)
RS	(looks like ITA2 but scrambled?)