[GreenKeys] Source for 33 ribbons?

[David Freeman]

I don't know about the M33, but for the M15 a knot in the ribbon works just a s good as an eyelet. (Kind of a hill-billy way of doing it, but...  :o)

Dave, WW8S
On Fri 9/14/2007  3:14 PM, Don Robert House <k9tty at mchsi.com> wrote :

> Charles,
> 
> Here is the link for purchasing ribbons for Teletype machines  
> previous to the Model 40
> 
> http://www.neximaging.com/product.asp?id=7388
> 
> Don
> K9TTY
> 
> 
> 
> On 13 Sep 2007, at 11:42 PM, Charles wrote:
> 
> Where can I find ribbons for my Teletype 33's? Online searching is
> getting me nowhere.
> 
> I'd read somewhere that Underwood typewriter ribbons were supposed to
> work, but the generic ones at my local office supply store had spools
> that did not match either the holes or the diameter. As an experiment
> I bought one (1/2" x 10 yd, which is about right), unreeled it onto
> the existing spools, and that works well except that there are no
> "eyelets" to reverse direction, so I'll have to add those also.
> 
> There must be an easier way. Aren't they manufactured any more?
> 
> thanks
> Charles
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