[GreenKeys] VINTAGE TELETYPE MACHINE TYPE UA 14 KEYBOARD
PERFORATOR - eBay (item 370044604028 end time Apr-27-08 15:20:36 PDT)
Jim Haynes
jhhaynes at earthlink.net
Fri May 2 21:18:19 EDT 2008
The Teletype code for the thing is GPE, and it was in the Model 14 section
of the catalog although it has nothing in common with Model 14 - probably
dates to the Model 12. Yep, it takes DC, probably 600 ma or more. In
early days if they didn't have DC commercial power they used a motor-
generator set. Later used rectifiers - the same large one used in the
Model 19. (You could of course measure the key-down resistance and
calculate the current draw.)
The other Teletype perforator is the rarely-seen DPE, which is just a
Model 19 keyboard with the keyboard signal generator left off. Also
magnet driven.
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