[GreenKeys] Bad soundcard

Sun Aug 14 18:47:05 EDT 2011

Hello friends. I have hooked up my HAL ST-6 to the output of my soundcard. It is working spontaneously. I unhooked the 1/8inch plug on my computer soundcard and hooked up a set of headphones to my soundcard and heard nothing. I use a speaker hooked to the computer but it is hooked up via a USB port and not the soundcard. That is why I get the teletype feed from Sequim,Washington.  Anyways, I need a good reasonably priced soundcard for a Hewlett Packard HP Pavillion a1114n. If anybody can give me a model number of a good teletype rtty receiving soundcard or send me a link that would be great. Thank you all. 

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>   3. AN/FGC-30, and telegraph switching (Jim Haynes)
>   4. Re: Teletype Lorenz Western 1920 Union. Typewriter (Ray)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:18:44 -0400
> From: Duncan Brown <duncanancy at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Manual for a MFJ-1229
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
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> Steve,
> 
> Is the MFJ-1229 about an inch high and does all kinds of decoding 
> (baudot/ascii/packet, etc)?
> 
>  I have something like that, but I'm not at home right now and so I 
> can't check it.  I have a manual for the unit I have, it is large - 8 
> 1/2 x 11 and about a half inch thick.  If it is for the same unit you 
> have, I could scan pages of specific interest, but don't have the time 
> now to scan the whole thing.
> 
> have fun,
> 
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
> 
> 
> On 11-Aug-11 15:16, Steve Garrison wrote:
>> Perhaps someone has a manual for one of the above.  The Mighty Fine Junk folks don't.  When I inquired there answer was "sorry, we no longer have that obsolete product documentation. thanks for your business."
>> 
>> Even if I wind up giving this "obsolete product" away I'd like to have a manual to go with it.  A friend picked it up at a Hamfest (sans manual) for a $1.00 and then gave it to me since he knew I had an interest in RTTY
>> 
>> Steve G./N4SEG
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:51:10 -0500
> From: "Jack" <wa2hwj at att.net>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Model 14 Keyboard Tape Perforator
> To: "'Duncan Brown'" <duncanancy at earthlink.net>,
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> That type of Model 14 strip printer (it's not a reperf) was used on
> TTY test boards. The crank allows the range finder to be
> moved around to see if there's distortion on a circuit, etc.
> It was eventually replaced with Model 28 strip printers
> with three-speed shifts. By the late 1970's those TTY test
> boards were a thing of the past (I helped to decommission
> the famous "NY1" test board at 32 Avenue of the Americas in NYC).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Duncan Brown
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2011 6:13 PM
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Model 14 Keyboard Tape Perforator
> 
> I've never seen that type cover on a M14.  Is it a special purpose
> machine?
> 
> What is sticking our of the top - the rangefinder?
> 
> What is the "platen crank" sticking out of the front for?
> 
> Is it a strip printer rather than a reperforator (as someone
> suggested)?
> 
> Just curious.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>  Duncan
> 
> 
> On 11-Aug-11 09:24, Rokumon Cat wrote:
>> Hi Al,
>> 
>> There is a Model-14 Keyboard tape perforator on e-pay. Alas, I am
> not close enough to make the trip, but it is there at item number
> 320742012072. Not too bad of a BIN price either.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Joe Herdler
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> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:20:13 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] AN/FGC-30, and telegraph switching
> To: NNN7DXB at aol.com
> Cc: CommCenter-1 at yahoogroups.com, greenKeys at mailman.qth.net,
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> I remember reading a report on the development of the FGC-30.  By the
> time I read the report, about 1960, development was complete, so probably
> the reason the report came to my attention was that it had just been
> declassified.  In fact as I recall the title of the report was about the
> AN/GGC-2, which is what it was called at the time of the trial 
> installation at 5th Army HQ.
> 
> About the only thing I remember from the report is the funny part about
> alternate routing.  This was perhaps the first automatic TTY system to
> use alternate routing.  The problem was that if a station is down, two
> different relay points might each think that the other is a good alternate
> route to that station.  The result would be the message getting 
> transmitted back and forth between the two relay points for as long as
> the destination was unreachable.  So they had to add logic to prevent a
> message from being sent to the relay point it had come from.
> 
> All of which tells us that the electromechanical switching systems had
> just about hit the wall of complexity.  Computer technology switching
> systems came along just in time to save the situation.  I believe
> Western Union's last was Plan 59 for the FAA in Hawaii.  I remember a
> complexity there was that they wanted the routing indicators for all
> addressees to appear in all copies of a message.  But when a message
> hit the switching center it was possible that some of the addressees
> had already received it as it was being transmitted to the switching
> center.  So the message format had to include a line for routing
> indicators that did not need to receive copies from the center.  Imagine
> trying to design relay logic that has to handle a list of routing
> indicators that are to be ignored.
> 
> About the same time frame as the AN/FGC-30, Western Union had built Plan 
> 55 for the Air Force, and the Navy had gone to AT&T for the 82B1 system. 
> Each of the three armed services doing it as different as possible from 
> the other two.  So when AUTODIN came along you can understand why it was 
> desirable to have it take over the message switching for all the services, 
> even though its original purpose was just to replace a separate Air Force 
> network of IBM punched card transceivers.
> 
> Teletype Corp. had a limited niche in the switching business.  Anything
> likely to be of general use in the Bell System was on Bell Labs' turf.
> Teletype was allowed to design and sell systems that were not like
> anything a Bell customer would want.  One of these was ADIS - Automatic
> Data Interchange System - for the FAA.  This was to collect and 
> disseminate aviation weather data.  A very similar system AIDS was built
> for New York Telephone Co. to handle their internal needs.  A second
> system for the FAA was BDIS, which handled flight plan data and other
> messages related to air traffic control.  BDIS doesn't stand for anything;
> it's a pun in that ADIS handled what FAA called "Service A" and BDIS
> was for "Service B".  After that the computer technology took over.
> Collins had the C-8400 system and a strong presence in the aviation
> industry.  IBM had the 7740; G.E. had the Datanet-30; and I.T.T. had
> a product.  Several Univac computers were used for the purpose also.
> And RCA built the computers for AUTODIN.
> 
> 
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> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 22:36:23 -0500
> From: "Ray" <bluegrassdakine at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Teletype Lorenz Western 1920 Union.
>    Typewriter
> To: "Steve Ripper" <steveripper at comcast.net>,
>    <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
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> item was removed is all I saw
> Ray
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Steve Ripper
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 6:51 PM
> To: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Teletype Lorenz Western 1920 Union. Typewriter
> 
> Looks like a good candidate for Evapo-Rust and it has a starting bid of only
> $1,750!
> 
> 
> 
> Ebay item: 290598312687
> 
> 
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290598312687&ssPageName=
> ADME:B:SS:US:1123> &item=290598312687&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1123
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> 
> Steve Ripper
> 
> <mailto:steveripper at comcast.net> steveripper at comcast.net
> 
> Mobile: 248-787-0705
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:33:39 -0500
> From: DR HOUSE <Packard42 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Mil Connectors
> To: Steve Garrison <steve.n4seg at gmail.com>
> Cc: 'greenkeys' <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
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> I have yet to find any connector that William Perry could not get for  
> me.
> My only suggestion is to NOT try to email him.  Call him on the phone.
> 
> Don K9TTY
> 
> 
> 
> On 10 Aug 2011, at 10:17 PM, Jack wrote:
> 
> Perhaps this guy would have the AC connector for the Dovetron;
> 
> he specializes on mil-type connectors.
> 
> 
> 
> William Perry
> 
> 
> 
> williamperrycompany at insightbb.com
> 
> 
> 
> Tel: 502-893-8724
> 
> 
> 
> Jack K0TTY
> 
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> NNNN
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> Message: 6
> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:50:46 -0700
> From: John Nagle <nagle at animats.com>
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Teletypes on eBay
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> On 8/11/2011 5:45 PM, greenkeys-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
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>> Message: 3
>> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 19:12:33 -0400
>> From: Duncan Brown<duncanancy at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Model 14 Keyboard Tape Perforator
>> To:greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
>> Message-ID:<4E4461E1.2000604 at earthlink.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>> 
>> I've never seen that type cover on a M14.  Is it a special purpose machine?
>> 
>> What is sticking our of the top - the rangefinder?
>> 
>> What is the "platen crank" sticking out of the front for?
>> 
>> Is it a strip printer rather than a reperforator (as someone suggested)?
>> 
>> Just curious.
>> 
>> Thanks,
> 
> Currently on ePay:
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Teletype-Lorenz-Western-1920-Union-Typewriter-/290598312687
> Overpriced early-model Model 14 tape printer in rusty condition.
> Priced at $1750; has been offered before and not sold.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320742012072
> Late-model Model 14 tape printer in good condition.  Has some
> unusual additional cranks and switches.
> Current bid $21.03.  "Local pickup only", in IL.
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/Teletype-Model-15-receive-only-unit-AP-newspaper-/230658010671
> Model 15 RO; Associated Press unit.
> Currently at $99, with shipping at $99 to any US location.
> Does not include cover or stand.  Worth getting if you want
> a Model 15 printer.
> 
>                    John Nagle
> 
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