[GreenKeys] Confused Typing Reperf Model 28D

[Don Robert House]

Yes,  You can all join the millions of people who pay no attention to  
me at all.  Sometimes I think my life serves nothing except a warning  
to others!

Don House



On 25 Jan 2006, at 11:36 AM, Larry Tighe wrote:

Greg...STOP ALL RESEARCH!!!

It's fixed!  It was "backwards encryption" due to the wheel being on  
backwards from the factory.  The type wheel isn't keyed to the shaft  
and got put on backwards.  DON'T PAY ATTENTION TO DON HOUSE!!!  It  
wasn't punching backwards :>)...just printing figures instead of  
letters and visa versa.

Lar
K2JIA
www.antiquetelephone.com

>
> I believe that I have run into this problem a long long time ago in  
> a distant Teletype Shop, aboard a ship which now reposes at the bottom
> of the Atlantic.... Please be patient and allow me to examine my  
> manuals and reset my brain, which, at the moment is suffering from
> "senior distortion dropout" --hi---....
>
> Once I ck the manuals and orient myself, I should be able to come  
> up with the answer and fix for the problem (It will involve some
> disassembly and cleaning, followed by some retiming of the  
> geartrain, so be prepared for serious cussin' . I believe that the  
> drive train
> to the typewheel has jumped a tooth or so, as has the geartrain to  
> the punches......there even may be broken gear teeth requiring  
> replacement.
>
> Now, I could be 100% wrong, as I am troubleshooting this reperf  
> without even looking at it, so don't take my word at face value,  
> but I still
> am gonna study the manual and reaquaint myself with the typing/ 
> punching sequence and "What can go wrong".......Ya know these  
> things rarely
> break, most of the time, they require only minimal maintenance, and  
> that on the punches themselves and cleaning of the typewheel which  
> gets
> solidly clogged with ink residue.   Anyhow, It will give me a few  
> happy hours immersed in my M28ASR  manual, which includes the reperf
> unit......it will also give me a chance to reaquaint my mind with  
> the innards of said reperf after some years of inactivity --hi--
>
> Thanks for bringing this problem to the Greenkeys bunch, I enjoy a  
> challenge....
>
> 73 de Greg "GW" Moore WA3IVX/NNN0BVN
> who never let a teletype go without a fight!!!!!