[GreenKeys] GreenKeys Digest, Vol 110, Issue 50

N4BE_Jim N4BE_Jim at Yahoo.com
Fri Mar 15 11:07:22 EDT 2013


Folks here must really enjoy hitting those green keys lol.  It would help if the "daily digest" subscription option really worked.  I signed up for that delivery method but I am still getting 3-4 or more mailings per day.  Admin:  What say ye?  

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On Mar 15, 2013, at 8:01 AM, greenkeys-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:

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>   1. Re: Did I Subscribe To GreenKeys In Error? (COURYHOUSE at aol.com)
>   2. Flexowriter 01 (Simon Claessen)
>   3. Re: Flexowriter 01 (COURYHOUSE at aol.com)
>   4. Re: Flexowriter 01 (Simon Claessen)
>   5. Re: Did I Subscribe To GreenKeys In Error? (Simon Claessen)
>   6. Re: Looks Like There Needs To Be A Time Out Called. (Rokumon Cat)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:11:29 -0400 (EDT)
> From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com
> To: pferris at cox.net, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Did I Subscribe To GreenKeys In Error?
> Message-ID: <6d1dc.d751a57.3e7431b0 at aol.com>
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> oh dear....    what a sight we must  seem.....
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/14/2013 4:04:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
> greenkeys at pferris.com writes:
> 
> 
> Hi Guys, 
> I?m fairly new to the list. I believe this is my first  posting. Bear with 
> me if I?m way off base.  I originally subscribed  because ?GreenKeys? was 
> referred to me as a good possible source to find a  Teletype reasonably cheap?
> I was looking for a Model 33 Teletype with paper  tape reader & punch. I 
> wanted to get a feel to see what GreenKeys was all  about.  Earlier today I 
> received GreenKeys Digest, Vol 110, Issue 45.   
> For those that don?t receive GreenKeys in digested format,  it featured the 
> following articles: 
> Today's  Topics: 
> 1. Re: Close  enough? (Peter Gottlieb) 
> 2. Re: and now,  for something completely off-topic (Kevin DeW 
> itt) (Peter  Gottlieb) 
> 3.  My  Post RE: Don House - - - Off Topic?? At This Point, Who 
> Cares???.... (Christian  Gauger-Cosgrove) 
> 4. Re: and now,  for something completely off-topic  (Kevin DeW 
> itt) (Peter  Gottlieb) 
> 5. Re: and  now,              for something completely off-topic  (Kevin 
> DeW 
> itt) (_COURYHOUSE at aol.com_ (mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com) ) 
> My question are these: 
> 
> Did I subscribe to this in error?  Is the a  technology themed digest 
> related to amateur radio or is it something  else?  With the exception of topic 
> #1, I?m not sure what #2 thru #5 had  to do with Amateur Radio or TTY or 
> anything remotely close. Lending it a  cutesy subject line doesn?t mitigate the 
> fact that it was: 
> 1)       Vitriolic in nature. 
> 2)       Totally unrelated to Amateur radio and/or  teletype. 
> 3)       Is this digest total anarchy or is it actively moderated, but  off 
> topic postings laced with profanity is cool? I ask because the only thing  
> that I saw in the QSL.NET ACCEPTABLE USE POLICIES that pornography won?t 
> pass  muster. What is this list?s charter / purpose?  
> My apologies if I?ve  inadvertently subscribed to a transcript digest more 
> reminiscent of some HF  band exchange between angry ops that have migrated 
> all the way  from ?my  swollen prostate gland? to ?Buy Made In The USA? or 
> if I?m otherwise mistaken  about its purpose. I?m not here for your P&M 
> sessions guys! Honest. I hear  enough venting & rage in my job. I don?t prefer 
> it in my recreation. If  I?m mistaken, please let me know.  If so, I will 
> unsubscribe. If I am not  mistaken, then I?d encourage the posters to get 
> their respective acts  together, swap email addresses, pick a frequency or 
> otherwise find some other  forum for their angst. I?d rather get ONE quality 
> digest every 2 months, than  2 or 3 a month full of venom like this issue.  
> I?d encourage the moderator  to either set me straight, or address the 
> issue. 
> Sincere 73  all? 
> --Pete 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 10:07:05 +0100
> From: Simon Claessen <simski at dds.nl>
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Flexowriter 01
> Message-ID: <5142E4B9.20305 at dds.nl>
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> well, it seems that i won the auction for the friden Flexowriter. it can 
> do cards and papertape. the previous owner reversed engineered the 
> punchcode (:) ) about 20 years ago (no internet then...) and i think 
> even the pinout of the big connectors on the side. Hopefully it will 
> arrive this evening so i can make some better pictures for you all.
> 
> this is the machine: http://www.drukknop.nl/img/friden_flexowriter.jpg
> 
> are there people here with proper documentation for this machine?
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke Groet,
> 
> Simon Claessen
> drukknop.nl
> 
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:17:41 -0400 (EDT)
> From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com
> To: simski at dds.nl, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Flexowriter 01
> Message-ID: <34c0b.6cfcc547.3e744134 at aol.com>
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> Looks  neat!   heh!  they are heavy!
> I will need to see some  connectors...
> 
> any idea  what  system it was used on opr is it  standalone  and no i/o ... 
> just a  punch read and type locally machine!?
> 
> ed sharpe archaist for smecc 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> In a message dated 3/15/2013 2:07:18 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
> simski at dds.nl writes:
> 
> well, it  seems that i won the auction for the friden Flexowriter. it can 
> do cards  and papertape. the previous owner reversed engineered the 
> punchcode (:) )  about 20 years ago (no internet then...) and i think 
> even the pinout of  the big connectors on the side. Hopefully it will 
> arrive this evening so i  can make some better pictures for you all.
> 
> this is the machine:  http://www.drukknop.nl/img/friden_flexowriter.jpg
> 
> are there people here  with proper documentation for this machine?
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke  Groet,
> 
> Simon  Claessen
> drukknop.nl
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> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:39:40 +0100
> From: Simon Claessen <simski at dds.nl>
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Flexowriter 01
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> I will have that info tonight (CET) when it arrives at our hackerspace. :-)
> 
> On 15-03-13 10:17, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
>> Looks  neat!   heh!  they are heavy!
>> I will need to see some  connectors...
>> any idea  what  system it was used on opr is it  standalone and no i/o
>> ... just a  punch read and type locally machine!?
>> ed sharpe archaist for smecc
>> In a message dated 3/15/2013 2:07:18 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
>> simski at dds.nl writes:
>> 
>>    well, it seems that i won the auction for the friden Flexowriter. it
>>    can
>>    do cards and papertape. the previous owner reversed engineered the
>>    punchcode (:) ) about 20 years ago (no internet then...) and i think
>>    even the pinout of the big connectors on the side. Hopefully it will
>>    arrive this evening so i can make some better pictures for you all.
>> 
>>    this is the machine: http://www.drukknop.nl/img/friden_flexowriter.jpg
>> 
>>    are there people here with proper documentation for this machine?
>>    --
>>    Met vriendelijke Groet,
>> 
>>    Simon Claessen
>>    drukknop.nl
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> -- 
> Met vriendelijke Groet,
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> Simon Claessen
> drukknop.nl
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> Message: 5
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 12:52:45 +0100
> From: Simon Claessen <simski at dds.nl>
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Did I Subscribe To GreenKeys In Error?
> Message-ID: <51430B8D.4000902 at dds.nl>
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> Please feel offended at your own leisure. but we are people, not 
> machines, and therefore tend to express more than the strictly nessesary 
> information including headers, hash-keys and parity bits.
> 
> The ASR-33 you mention could comes around frequently in the group.
> 
> we at hack42.nl just got two of them an i just restaurated one of them. 
> Now i'm working on a Siemens t37 telex and boy, what a difference. the 
> ASR-33 is one of the last mechanical terminal devices and reflects this 
> in being set up very cheap and minimal. self-threading fixing screws are 
> also calibrations screws, thin steel. But superb documentation and nice 
> drawings going with it. The Siemens (designed in 1933) on the other hand 
> is well build, thick cast aluminium and nice cylinderhead screws, but 
> documentation is horrorbly set up, with all the text in the beginning, 
> and all the pictures in the end (no drawings!)
> 
> But i like them both, because they reflect two complete different 
> engineering eras
> 
> 
> is this better Pete?
> -- 
> Met vriendelijke Groet,
> 
> Simon Claessen
> drukknop.nl
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> Message: 6
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:00:58 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rokumon Cat <rokumoncat at yahoo.com>
> To: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Looks Like There Needs To Be A Time Out
>    Called.
> Message-ID:
>    <1363348858.701.YahooMailClassic at web120905.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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> I use elevator hydraulic oil. It is low viscosity, no additives, and extra refined to a very nice light straw color. Works great and doesn't turn gummy and can handle artic cold without becoming gooey.
> ?
> Joe
> 
> --- On Thu, 3/14/13, COURYHOUSE at aol.com <COURYHOUSE at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com <COURYHOUSE at aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Looks Like There Needs To Be A Time Out Called.
> To: jdangus at att.net, greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Thursday, March 14, 2013, 5:23 PM
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ? 
> wait... the fellow that asked may be a new user and has not heard the recommended oil types...
> 
> come on....be nice to new folk........
> I think it is? 20 w? non-detergent. 
> ?
> 
> In a message dated 3/14/2013 3:29:54 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, jdangus at att.net writes:
> 
> On 3/14/2013 2:56 PM, Til128 at aol.com wrote:
> 
> What type of oil should I use on my 28 printer?I use WD-40 and Mayonnaise. 
> 
> *snickers*
> 
> That should distract them for a while.
> 
> Jeff-1.0
> wa6fwi
> 
> 
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