[GreenKeys] flexowriter owners around?

[Simon Claessen]

VERY cool, when running a punched tape, you see the keys moving... there 
is a system underneath the keyboard to pull the right keys down so the 
chars are printed on paper.

On 26/03/13 10:17, Simon Claessen wrote:
> Ha! solved.
>
> one relaiscontact was off, generating the parity error in the punch.
> thing is working again.
>
> fortunately i got some reverse engineering documentation with the
> machine form someone who tried to connect it to his computer. no info
> about what type of computer but there is 74ls14 written next to a gate,
> so that would be somewhere in the seventies. he wrote it on used fanfold
> wide carriage computer paper with some old printing on it dating
> 28-aug-1978 mentioning "sprint version 102A(2031) running on CDR011" so
> i think the printout id from a pdp11. there is no indidaction of it
> being printed on this actual flexo.
>
> On 25/03/13 13:22, Simon Claessen wrote:
>> Hello all.
>>
>> I've finally foud time to take a closer look at the machine. it's a 16"
>> carriage SFD for edge-punched cards. there are two connectors in the
>> sockets on the right, but no cable comes out.
>>
>> whilst reading the documentation from bitsavers i noticed that it is
>> missing its papertape roll holder on the back. or was that a option?
>>
>> if i push the tapefeed button, the tape gets perforated with not only
>> the feedpin holes, but almost all other holes as well. it seems it is
>> missing some holes. also the machine locks up when sending a f or g. i
>> read about the parity switches connected to the punchbars so i think the
>> lockup is a result of not punching the right holes. unfortunately the
>> extnsive documentation on bitsavers does not include information about
>> the relais and where to look. there are 18 relais under the hood. :-(
>>
>> I remember seeing a piece of papertape with just the feedholes near the
>> start of the tape. how would you proceed to get just that or is it even
>> possible with this machine?
>

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Simon Claessen
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