[GreenKeys] M36 ( was Replica Stock Ticker?)

[Jim Haynes]

That reminds me of an article that was in an old ARTS bulletin.  There
was some kind of printer called a "bulletin printer" that was used in
the stock market; and some hams had got some of them.  It was apparently
6 level code and the guy who had one had figured out how to convert it
to use 5 level code and figs/ltrs shift.  (People were desperate for
printers back in those days)  And it had the correct ltrs case characters
but was all wrong in figs case.  So he inked the type wheel and rolled
it on a sheet of paper to get its contents, then made the arrangement
he wanted and took it to a maker of rubber stamps and they made him a
rubber plate that he could roll up onto the type wheel.

I don't know if that's easy or hard to do today.  Back then a rubber stamp
was a simple thing and lots of shops were equipped to make them.  Now they
come with the built-in ink pad and I wouldn't be surprised if they are all
made in some one factory in China and you can't get just the rubber part
by itself.