[GreenKeys] Model 33 ASR Price

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I remember  when I  worked at  a graphics  supply  house   when  going to 
college... they  had a teletype  there...  only once in a while  would an 
order come  though   via  tty... the   main  use was placing the    orders  to 
Kodak.   One of the other  folks there   would   punch  up  a tape  and send 
it at   once.
 
In this  kind of environment   it  would have  lasted  forever.... and  I  
suspect there  were plenty of  places  that were low  usage like  this,,,, 
these are the  machine  to buy when  you can find them!
 
Ed
 
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 11/27/2013 12:17:54 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim,  
jhhaynes at earthlink.net writes:

On Tue,  26 Nov 2013, Teletypeparts wrote:

> 32 Telex were supposed to be  throw away machines after so many hours.  
Maybe
> it was  500? 
>  
The original saying I heard was that they were  aimed at TWX customers who
would use them for a maximum of 2 hours per  day.  Customers with heavier
traffic needs were to get heavy-duty  machines.

I've read that the original designs called for felt clutches  as in the 
M15, but that W.U. pressured Teletype to use Model 28 style all  metal
clutches.

When the minicomputer industry sprung up the Model  33 ASR was quite a boon
in holding down the cost of an installation.   Previously they had to use
Flexowriters, which I'm told cost in the $5000  range, to get keyboard,
printer and paper tape I/O.  But in  minicomputer service the 33s were
often run 24/7.

Also the 32/33  line was originally to have very limited options as part
of holding the  cost down.  Later they got sprocket feed and form feed
features, which  I'm pretty sure were not intended from the beginning.
Some customer must  have had a lot of  clout!

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