[GreenKeys] FRXD tape unit
Jim Haynes
jhhaynes at earthlink.net
Wed Aug 31 12:45:24 EDT 2011
Normally the FRXDs were installed in cabinets supplied by Western
Electric, in the case of Bell switching systems, or otherwise. But
Jack has a genuine Teletype cover for the FRXD, which I had not
previously believed to exist. Still it doesn't include the tape
tank holding the temporarily stored tape. The ones I saw one time
at an F.A.A. station were not exactly homemade, but must have been
made in their shops or by a cabinet maker, as they were made of wood.
A sloping front with a glass window, and lined with acoustical tile.
I don't remember how it handled the tape, maybe just ran it into the
bottom compartment of the cabinet. And I guess there was a tape winder
in there to take up the used tape.
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