[GreenKeys] tty paint colors
Bob McConnell
rmcconne at lightlink.com
Thu Sep 11 12:23:43 EDT 2008
Chris Elmquist wrote:
> On Wednesday (09/10/2008 at 11:36PM +0000), wa2hwj at att.net wrote:
>> The Teletype parts manual for Model 28 cabinets lists at least a
>> dozen available colors, including "pink".
>
> Pink!!
>
> That must have been for the Barbi teletype rumored to have been built by
> Mattel??
>
> :-)
>
I never was sure that it was only a rumor. We had a couple of those Mite
printers installed just before I was transferred off the 'USS Cochrane'
in April '74. They were mostly plastic inside and sure did look and feel
like toys. But I never could find the "Made by Mattel" label, no matter
how hard I looked for it. On the other hand, I didn't see what they were
shipped in. The shipyard crew had them installed before I even knew they
were there. Their gray shells matched some of the older M28 printers we
still had though.
Bob McConnell Ex-NFIT
N2SPP
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