[GreenKeys] "Miniature Teletype"

[John Nagle]

On 1/27/2011 12:27 AM, George B. Hutchison wrote:
> John & GreenKeyers - - -
>
> The "Miniature teletype" available on Craigs'List is a Teletype Model 14
> or perhaps a model 20 non-typing reperforator.

    Oh, a non-typing Model 14 reperforator.   Yes, that's it. I've never
seen one of those, but there are pictures at
"http://www.baudot.net/teletype/pics/M14-RPE-1.jpg"
I know what a typing model 14 looks like, but the non-typing machine
is laid out quite differently.

> Question/quiz... Who in history came up with the concept of
> interchangeable parts, and what was the first device that used truly
> interchangeable parts??

     Eli Whitney, rifles.

					John Nagle