[GreenKeys] 7/8 inch Paper Tape available

[Don Robert House]

Someone at Western Union suggested that 7/8 inch tape be used for  
ASCII transmission.
By saving 1/8 inch of paper, more rolls could be purchased at the same  
price as 1" tape.
Not ever having worked on or seen a built for WUTCo 33 I do not know  
if they eliminated
the parity (8th) level or not.

I never have tried to use 7/8 tape in a Bell 33 or 35.  I doubt it  
would work very well.

Dataspeed (BRPE) machines and Model 20 TDs were set up to be able to  
handle
7/8 tape from the factory, usually with the advanced feed hole. A M28  
TD could also
be modified to send 7 level tape with advanced feed hole.

Of course the same thing was applied to the 2B Strip Printer. WUTCo  
used 5/16" wide
tape and the Bell M14 Tape Printer used 3/8" wide tape. However the  
M14 will print fine
with 5/16" wide tape.

More trivia from the old days. Not that anyone cares.

Don
K9TTY


On 19 Jul 2010, at 7:24 PM, dmm at lemur.com wrote:


A friend of mine who is helping out a very elderly printer in the
last stages of clearing out his shop has for sale a case of 7/8 inch
Teletypesetter tape.  It's a case of 32 rolls (though it may be short
a couple of rolls - I didn't check closely), 8 inch rolls on 2 inch  
cores.
The box label does not indicate that it is oiled.  In origin this is
ex-GSA (possibly military).

I can't say anything in regard to its condition - it has been stored
in a damp Chicago basement for many years.  I got another box from the  
same
stack, but I don't yet have an operating 6-level punch to test it, so  
I don't
know.  They're looking to sell the whole case as one lot, and don't  
really
have much time in the chaos of a pending building sale.

In any case, if you're interested please drop me a note offlist and I'll
put you in touch with the seller.

Regards,
David M.
===
Dr. David M. MacMillan * dmm at lemur.com * www.lemur.com & www.CircuitousRoot.com

   The first rule of intelligent tinkering is to save all the parts.
       - Paul Ehrlich (1854-1915); Aldo Leopold

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