[GreenKeys] Re: Larry's gears...

[Jim Haynes]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Don Robert House wrote:

> I remember Jim Haynes mentioning this some time ago.
>
> Don K9TTY
>
> On 16 Sep 2008, at 11:32 AM, wa2hwj at att.net wrote:
>
> The WU 401 "ticker" that I worked on for Eugene also ran at 53 wpm (6 level).
>
> Jack K0TTY

Not to be pedantic, but the 401 was a Baudot printer made from a ticker.
In WW-II W.U. needed more teleprinters and couldn't get them, and
apparently had a surplus of tickers.  Only  a few were made, because
W.U. merged with Postal Telegraph and that made available an adequate
supply of regular teleprinters.

Maybe someone with one of the tickers can tell us what model number
W.U. gave it.  It doesn't seem to have had a Teletype model number,
because the numbered models were mainly a Bell System thing and the
tickers were not made for the Bell System.  It may also have a Teletype
letter code.