[GreenKeys] Fwd: The answers you get over a simple request! ! ! !

[Keelan Lightfoot]

I take a more pragmatic point of view: If everybody in the world shared our interest for obsolete technology, then we wouldn't be able to pick up machines for our collections for next to nothing prices.

- Keelan

On 2011-10-09, at 9:52 AM, DR HOUSE wrote:

> 
> I KNOW James,  I KNOW...
> 
> At my museum in California a field engineer visited to repair my HP  
> 2500 printer after almost a year of complaints.
> I showed him my collection and asked if he had any questions.  He  
> replied "Why would anyone want to collect all this old crap?"
> I told him... "You know where the gate is..!
> 
> On the other hand, we had a fellow visit the museum all the way from  
> New England.  He was very excited to see all of the Teletype equipment  
> and the Enigma we had on display.  He tied me up for almost four hours  
> asking questions.  Turned out he was an Army sergeant working with the  
> British during WWII on code breaking.
> 
> A fellow in California is supposed to send me some machines.  When I  
> receive them I will check them out and see if you want them.
> 
> 73,
> Don K9TTY
> 
> Previous message:
> 
> On 9 Oct 2011, at 7:02 AM, james wrote:
> 
> Don,
> It has been mentioned that a good source of
> getting a teletype is by your local Ham Club.
> I wrote a request for a Model 28 ASR from the
> Montgomery Amatuer Radio Club (MARC) in Montgomery, AL.
> That is just 50 miles from here.
> 
> All I requested was that it be in working con-
> dition and would they deliver it.  I  would pay
> for the equiptment, delivery, plus a donation to
> there Club.
> 
> I have received 5 letters all negative.
> One said "machines don't work, go computer man."
> Another said, he has seen a few at hamfest but
> they wouldn't work.  This guy is is WB8xxx, a
> long way from Selma and Montgomery, AL.
> What has amatuer radio come to!
> These so called hams are not the hams I knew years ago.
> What is your opinion.
>                                 James
> 
> P.S.   Still looking for a working Teletype ASR
> Model 19, 28 ASR, even a Model 14 Reperf.
> Kleinschmidt FGC-20 KSR, and the FGC-25 ASR.
> My MITE is just about gone, and I am tired of remodeling
> the print head every three days.
> 
> 
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