[GreenKeys] Canadian KSR-33 Video on now...

[Dave Hunter]

Leigh Teletype KSR-33 Demonstration - Telephone Museum of 
P.E.I.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMvs1t1CEH8

Many don't realize that some teletypes were made in Canada 
under license from Teletype Corp.; first by Northern 
Electric, then by Marsland Engineering, which was then 
acquired in 1969 by Leigh Instruments who continued the 
manufacture of these machines. 

This is an KSR-33 made by Leigh in the 70's. I acquired it 
in 1975 from Island Tel, used it for a year as a computer 
i/o device, then loaned it to a friend. He used it for a 
year, and for the next 20 years, it was stored in his barn 
under less than ideal conditions.

When my friend heard I was looking for a model 33 for the 
museum, he reminded me about this one, and the next weekend 
brought it down. Barn storage had been cruel on the 
machine, and I know it would be tough on the machine.

The top cover had been broken in, and squirrels had been 
living in it, leaving it littered with parts of spruce 
cones and other seeds. In addition, the storage had been 
very damp resulting in a lot of rust.

The next few weeks were spent removing rust and replacing 
damaged parts, the broken cover, etc.

However, as you can see this old baby has been quite 
resilient, and with some major TLC is now working again

Here, you see it printing out text from the Internet using 
a program called Heavy Metal via a Telebyte M65A interface. 
The first while, it is shown with the cover down, then for 
a minute or so with cover open, so you can see its printing 
action, then finally in a shot panning around the museum to 
other equipment on display in the teletype area.

You will also see a model ASR-33 on display, a model very 
similar to this one, but with the ability to generate and 
read paper tape. A video of that machine and my Model 28ASR 
machine are also viewable on YouTube.

I will be doing additional cleaning of the discolored 
plastics as I have time.

Leigh Instruments acquired Marsland Engineering in 1969 as 
part of an expansion. Leigh closed their manufacturing 
facility completely in 1983 to concentrate on other 
ventures. Unknown to many, Northern Electric manufactured 
these for a few years  before Marsland started building 
them, but the quality was poorer due to inferior hardening 
of metal parts as compared to these and those made by 
Teletype themselves. Note Leigh's white on blue nameplate, 
as well as the small Island Tel nameplate on the cover.

When I was doing this video, I didn't quite have the 
printer inside the case properly, and as a result with the 
top cover down, the paper was jamming somewhat. This was 
fixed as the video uploaded. That is why near the beginning 
of the video, you will see me fiddling with the paper 
before opening the cover. This is not normal and has been 
resolved.

My thanks go out to Ken Gartland of Nova Scotia, an ex-
CN/CP Telecommunications service technician for going over 
this machine's printer  after I had it operating and 
setting it to meet factory specs with his test set. 

You can see this video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMvs1t1CEH8

or on my teletype page at:

http://www.qsl.net/vy2ac/rtty.html

Dave


The Telephone on Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/phones.html

The Telephone Museum of Prince Edward Island:
http://www.islandregister.com/phones/museum.html
Free Admission - Call (902) 651-2762 to arrange a visit!