[GreenKeys] Introduction and ASR-33

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Welcome Seth! -  you have found the right place! 
Many knowledgeable  folk here to advise you!
 
Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC    _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org)  
 
 
In a message dated 9/17/2013 11:13:21 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
lists at loomcom.com writes:

Hello  everyone,

I just joined the list and I wanted to introduce myself and  say hello.

I'm an amateur radio operator and vintage computer  enthusiast, so I hope 
I'm going to fit right in here. I've been collecting and  restoring vintage 
electronics for many years.

Last week I received an  ASR-33 from a friend, and I'd very much like to 
restore it and get it in  tip-top shape again. I hope it doesn't sound like 
sacrilege to too many of  you, but I don't intend to use it for RTTY - 
instead, I want to use it as the  console terminal on my PDP-11/35.

It has some cosmetic problems and  it's very dirty and greasy, but 
otherwise it looks like it's in excellent  mechanical shape. I have a gallery of 
photos  here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/twylo/sets/72157635606350546/


The  cosmetic problems are pretty minor.

1. It's missing one of the clear  plastic tape punch buttons.

2. It's missing the knob for the LINE / OFF  / LOCAL rotary switch.

3. The platen knob shaft is split and held  together with masking tape.

4. The plastic shell is very brittle and  has lost a few studs and heat 
stakes, causing the clear plastic window to come  off.

5. It has a very small crack in the tape reader cover.

But  really, this all seems pretty minor to me. How hard is it to come by 
the two  missing parts? I can always make suitable replacements from modern 
parts if I  have to, of course, but it's so nice to have originals.

I'm not quite  ready to dive in and start restoring it yet, so in the 
meantime, I'm going to  read through the archives of this reflector to see what I 
can learn from  everyone. 

Best Wishes all,

- Seth,  NF6Q
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