[GreenKeys] Smith-Corona tty machines circa 1968-69?

[Don Robert House]

Gil,

I am wondering if the SCM gear was SCM Kleinschmidt.  Tom could verify  
the dates.

Best,
Don
K9TTY


On 23 Oct 2009, at 10:20 PM, gil at baudot.net wrote:

Hi John:

Good to hear from you.  I am copying you inquiry to the greenkeys email
group -- likely someone here knows something about Smith-Corona
machines.

You may want to join greenkeys.  Lots of good folks with lots of good
knowledge of tty and rtty gear.

gil



    From: john crum <whippet6364 at yahoo.com>
    Subject: Teletype circa 1968-69
    To: gil at vauxeloctronics.com
    Date: Friday, October 23, 2009, 4:44 PM

    Dear Mr. Smith,

    Many of us were in the Army Signal Corps during the above era.  Our
MOS was 72B--Communications Center Specialist.  We trained at Ft. Gordon
using 3-row teletype machines, made by Smith-Corona.  So far, so good.

    In June of 1968, 16 of us were assigned to Taiwan, working at a tape
relay center on top of a mountain.  By chance, I was shifted from the
"floor" which consisted of banks of tape receivers, senders, and monitor
machinery.  12 hour shifts were the norm as the tape messages coming and
going out was incredibly slow.

    Working at the Taipei terminal, then, was much more varied and
interesting.  Again, we used Smith-Corona machines for preparing
messages.  Three rows, all caps and an easy-to-use keyboard.  Baudot
5-punch tape for us.  The S-C was a tabletop model which made it easier
for the repair boys to move them to their shop.

    For the life of me, I cannot find any reference to Smith-Corona
producing teletype machines for the services.  No pictures are available
from all the websites I have visited including NADCOMM, Baudot, Museum
of Communications, etc.  I am beginning to doubt myself as to whether or
not I am remembering it correctly.  Our terminal had a monitor which
copied tapes we sent out to a receiving unit on the floor.  We also had
a printer which typed incoming messages which were then mimeographed for
distribution.

    I have not been able to contact any of my co-workers from
USASTRATOM.  Any help would be appreciated.  It has been 40 years, but I
am almost certain we used S-C equipment.  Thank you.

    John




gil smith
greenkeys moderator
gil at baudot.net
www.baudot.net
Vaux Electronics:  480-354-5556




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