[GreenKeys] Teletype Model 17

John Nagle nagle at animats.com
Sat May 9 13:19:16 EDT 2009


> Jim Haynes wrote:
>>  Model 17 was a Hellschreiber-like machine.  I can only presume, not
>>  state as a fact, that maybe they were used to monitor German
>>  Hellschreiber transmissions during ww-II.
> 
> OK, Jim and all. I've phoned the guy with the manuals and left a message 
> on his answering machine.
> 
> I'll check what he's got against Jim's list and if there's anything new 
> I'll collect it.

    Here's the introductory manual, with pictures.

http://www.nonstopsystems.com/radio/Teleteype-Model-17-description.pdf

I had no idea Teletype had made those.

    There's a transmitter and a receiver.  Are you getting both?
The "Model 17" refers to the entire system.   The receiver is small and
very simple; the transmitter is a much larger device.

					John Nagle


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