[GreenKeys] odd M32 keyboard

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Although I wouldn't personally give a farthing for all the M32's and later 
ever built (I'll never forget the Teletype repairman in Ruston who told me in 
the late 60's (while looking at my M14/15 stuff that he had once work on) that 
he and his mates referred to all of the 32 and later stuff as rubber band and 
door spring machines).  However, I know that some of you like them for some 
reason so I avoid making derogatory comments and when I come across them make an 
effort to save them for someone who thinks that they are worth saving.

A knowledgable collector looking at eBay offerings may often feel inclined to 
say he wishes that people who don't have a clue as to what they are selling 
wouldn't try to sell it.  But if that were the case, 99% of all the radio or 
teletype equipment we are interested in would just continue to go to a landfill. 
 Which is what used to happen.  So all you can do is be happy that 
misidentified stuff continues to show up and those of us who know what it is and are 
looking for it do sometimes stumble across it while it's still available.  I once 
bought what was listed as a BC-611-F (that's a battery powered hand-held 
WW-II vintage HF AM radio, the first ever Handie-Talkie.).  The only part in the 
whole pile that was for sure BC-611-F was the nameplate.  But I recognized the 
other parts for what they were, bought it at a reasonable price, restored two 
related but non-F sets in my collection, and sold the other parts.

As for people who don't know what they're selling selling to people who don't 
know what they're buying, that happens millions of times every day in any 
store in the country.  So I can't get too choked up about it.

In a message dated 6/20/2008 9:54:24 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jhhaynes at earthlink.net writes: 
> One wonders if the bidders realize this is a non-functional keyboard;
> the seller apparently does not.

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
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