[GreenKeys] UPI and AP Signs and Windows for machines...

[Don Robert House]

Yes Sir,

Jack has made me many nice signs.  I especially like the Bell System  
Green sign that reads TELETYPE SHOP

If anyone would like me to send some images of these signs I would be  
glad to send them off the list.

73,
Don K9TTY



On 9 Jan 2009, at 9:48 PM, wa2hwj at att.net wrote:

I can make those AP signs...I bought one of those plastic laminate
engravers a few years ago...Don has a few of the signs I made
for him.

I've also made engraved plates that replace the Model 28 "plates"
on either side of the keyboard.

73,
Jack K0TTY


-------------- Original message from Don Robert House <k9tty at dls.net>:  
--------------


 > I have both the UPI and AP signs on two of my machines.
 > The 15 has UPI and the 20 has the AP sign. Both are original.
 >
 > It should not be two difficult to reproduce them but the market would
 > probably be very small.
 >
 > On another subject close to our hearts is the laminated glass that  
was
 > used on the 14,15, 28 machines.
 >
 > I took samples to a local guy that specializes in glass fabrication.
 >
 > The problem is that the two laminates are very thin and not used in
 > any application today.
 > They would have to be made special and beveled on a machine.
 >
 > Even if I ordered a hundred of them the cost would be prohibitive.
 >
 > Glenn suggested the use of 1/4 inch tempered glass which he can cut
 > and bevel.
 >
 > 1/4 inch is probably too thick. What do you think?
 >
 > Perhaps Lexan is still the best alternative.
 >
 > Don
 >
 >
 > On 9 Jan 2009, at 9:01 PM, Duncan M. Brown wrote:
 >
 > I've emailed my E-bay buyer about it, if I don't hear from him  
tonight,
 > I'll call him in he AM.
 >
 > I wondered about the AP label also, I know how covers can move  
around.
 > (When I was in the Army, the Kleinschmidt machines had their serial
 > number
 > on the cover, so it was hard to keep track of units when operators
 > switched
 > covers.) But in one of the pictures, there is another AP label on the
 > chassis, under the range finder.
 >
 > I can imagine the typesetter is pretty complicated (never seen one)  
so
 > was
 > initially surprised to see a 6 level printer, but I suppose they just
 > used
 > it for basic text monitoring.
 >
 > If we get it, we will definitely keep the AP label, but your friend  
can
 > come to the museum and look at it!
 >
 > --Duncan
 >
 >
 > > [Original Message]
 > > From: Jim Haynes
 > > To: Duncan M. Brown
 > > Date: 09-Jan-09 21:40:38
 > > Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Model 20 Teletype available
 > >
 > > I have a friend who lusts after the Associated Press placard, but
 > > said it was farther than he wanted to drive to pick up (from the DC
 > > area) Seems like Rice is a lot farther away.
 > >
 > > That's news (no pun intended) to me too about AP sending 6-level
 > > stuff. I thought it was just chains of newspapers that did that.
 > > Like the newspaper in my home town in SW Arkansas was affiliated
 > > with some other papers in the area using Teletypesetter. Of course
 > > it would make some sense for AP to do it, since they are  
keyboarding
 > > the stuff to begin with. Keyboarding for Teletypesetter is a bit
 > > more complicated because you have to keep track of how much text  
will
 > > fit into a column. The perforator is quite a bit more complicated
 > > than the 5-level model, as it has to know about the widths of the
 > > proportional spaced characters, and then has has a variable space
 > > thing for the spacebands that the machine uses to fill out unused
 > > space
 > > on a line.
 > >
 > > Of course it's possible that the cover and placard originally came
 > > with a different machine.
 > >
 > > I'd say go ahead and bid on it for AWA, and if you win the bid and
 > > want to sell the placard you have a ready buyer.
 > >
 > > Jim
 > >
 > >
 > >
 > > jhhaynes at earthlink dot net
 > >
 >
 >
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