[GreenKeys] MITE Corp.

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I had a MITE  "ASR" that came out of an aircraft (smelled of jet fuel and had 400 HZ
motors).  It was a roughly 24" cube, with the TD and reperf above the standard
MITE KSR. Someone had apparently tried to run it on 60 HZ and the entire
unit was n/g, so I eventually stripped it and traded off the parts.

Jack K0TTY


-------------- Original message from "Duncan M. Brown" <duncanancy at earthlink.net>: -------------- 


> I forgot to mention in my mini-history of the Mite Corp, that for a time 
> (1957-8), Western Union was quite interested in a teleprinter that could 
> compete with the Teletype Corp M28. There was talk of WU investing in Mite 
> (WU Technical Review, July 1957, p112), but that apparently fell through. 
> 
> The Greist Manufacturing Co started out around 1890, originally as a 
> bicycle shop. They made everything from measuring gages to sewing machine 
> attachments, straight razors, and anti-aircraft guns. Their major products 
> seemed to have been connected to sewing machine parts/accessories and when 
> MITE stopped making teleprinters, they probably continued some of Greist's 
> products. At some point the name changed to New Haven Manufacturing. 
> 
> The Apr 58 WUTR article mentions plans for a reperforator, tape reader and 
> "stunt box." The tape reader was to be part of the standard printer and 
> only increase its width by one inch. But like many dreams, it apparently 
> never made it to production. 
> 
> --Duncan 
> 
> 
> 
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