[GreenKeys] Teletype Model 43 on eBay - 150179270065

[Don Robert House]

Western Numerical Control used to maintain the 43 reader-punches but  
parts became scarce. The reader lids were not very well designed and  
damage easily.  WNC donated the last working reader-punch unit to our  
museum about 6 years ago.  Working on these units is frustrating.  I  
believe Teletype did not want to make the reader punch units and would  
have preferred the customer use magnetic tape.  The customers are not  
always right, but they are always the customers.

Don
K9TTY



On 9 Nov 2007, at 7:44 PM, telegrapher at att.net wrote:

Interesting comment by the seller:

"This item will ONLY be of use to, someone who is a collector, someone  
who can perform the maintenance needed or someone who actually needs a  
punch and can get the maintenance it needs".


Read carefully what he is saying here.  When i worked TTY back in the  
70's, these things were new.  We had continuous problems getting one  
to work.  I only installed a couple of them and they are NOT USER  
FRIENDLY FOR MAINTENANCE.  Anything that went wrong with them at all,  
the whole unit was returned back up the supply chain and a new one was  
obtained. That price is absolutely ridiculous in my opinion.

YMMMV!

Larry
W0OGH




Mark Richards wrote:

> Bryan Brodie wrote:
>> more eBay eye candy
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Paper-Tape-Punch-Reader-for-Teletype-Model-43-ASR_W0QQitemZ150179270065QQihZ005QQcategoryZ3284QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
> How about this one?
> http://madison.craigslist.org/ele/443180863.html
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