[GreenKeys] FW: Computer Memory Lane

[Duncan M. Brown]

Randy,

I doubt there were any Mite "dealers" in 1970.
When I went through Army TTY training in 1966, we were told that the Mite
company was out of business, but apparently the Army was still using them
then. (luckily I never saw one again in the Army, but we have a couple at
the AWA Museum) We also trained on the M14 & 15, so they were apparently
also still in use by the Army.

Have fun,

Duncan Brown, K2OEQ
USASA  31J

Chief TTY operator & repairman
AWA Electronic Communication Museum
http://www.antiquewireless.org/
http://www.antiquewireless.org/museum/museum.htm





>
> In 1970/71 - I went through Polaris Electronics "A" & "C" 
> schools at Dam Neck, VA. That was where I ran into my first 
> model 28 - in the HAM shack at Dam Neck (also the first 390, 
> WRR-2, URA-8 and so on).  Anyway - having caught the tty bug 
> - I set about seeing what I could get for myself. Wasn't 
> until a couple years later I managed to get my first 
> (through 113th) machine - but I did make some interesting 
> contacts "on the beach".  I met a gentleman who owned a 
> communication company / shop in Norfolk who did a lot of 
> maritime work (IIRC - everything from simple receivers; 
> LORAN, Pathfinders, and so on. He "claimed" to be a Mite 
> dealer as well - supplying them for weather and such. How 
> much of his story was "true" and how much BS - I don't know 
> - I became suspicious because the used Mite "needing some 
> TLC" that he promised to sell me as soon as some "details" 
> were worked out  never happened.  He did, how ever / where 
> ever he got them - have a few mites in his shop in various 
> states of condition. I recall one that was running - but 
> would occasionally let out a squeal like a stuck pig... and 
> blow a fuse.
>
> At the time - I had no reason to doubt he was selling them 
> to people for shipboard use - I just don't know where he was 
> getting them (Mil surplus???)
>
> just my .02 on the subject
>
> -- 
> randy guttery
>
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>