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

[Steve Garrison]

Good point Keelan!

Steve G./N4SEG
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On Oct 9, 2011, at 13:06, Keelan Lightfoot <keelan at grenander.com> wrote:

> 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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