[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 103, Issue 27

[John Nagle]

On 8/17/2012 3:31 AM, greenkeys-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> At 12:33 PM 8/16/2012, Nick England wrote:
>> >Hey Gang - Here's a nifty teletype system!
>> >http://www.ebay.com/itm/170896225751
>> >I obviously led a deprived childhood - Never had any idea such a thing
>> >existed....
> I can see how the unit prints locally using the letter wheel, but
> curious to know how it transfers it to the distant station.
> 
> This is all I need.....something to take up my time figuring it out.:-)
> 
> Thanks, Nick!
> 
> Perry

   I had one of those as a kid.  There are two buttons, "INDEX"
and "PRINT".  The INDEX button advances the print wheel at both
ends, and the PRINT button prints the letter at the current
wheel position on the tape.  There's a 4-wire connection between
the two units.  No unison mechanism, so they tend to get out
of sync.

   I tried to interface one to a Geniac, but it didn't work
out.

				John Nagle