[GreenKeys] Teletype & Gun Model Numbers?

[Charles Ring W3NU]

jhhaynes at earthlink.net wrote:.
> Model 28 - well known machine.  10,000 of them were ordered by the Navy
>    before it went into production.  Sales wanted to give it a new name or
>    model number to indicate it was a complete break with the past; but
>    Bell Labs insisted that model numbers continue in sequence.

Today Sales would get its way instantly and would roll its eyes at 
anyone objecting. "What, just because you MADE the thing makes you think 
you know how to sell it? Now go back in your lab and shut up while we 
bring in the moolah and keep it for ourselves."