[GreenKeys] Irv Hoff ' Stunt Box modifications'

[Charles Ring]

On 2/15/2014 1916, Ralph Irish wrote:
> *Hello all*
> *
> *
> *In the months following the release and delivery of the famous "Mouse 
> Machines", Irf Hoff,*
> *W6FFC, came up with some suggestions for making the machines a bit 
> easier to use.  Some of*
> *those ideas were as much 'general information' as relating just to 
> the Mouse Machines.*
> *
> *
> *One suggestion involved removing two Function Bars and exchanging 
> their locations.  One was*
> *for Line Feed, I think, and the other for Carriage Return.  Making 
> this exchange gave one*
> *non-overline by providing a Carriage Return with each line feed 
> character received, I think.*
> *
> *
> *THIS WON'T WORK ON JUST ANY MODEL 28!!  It worked on the Mouse 
> Machines due to the way they*
> *were originally 'spec-ed out' for the original users. *
> *
> *
> *Thinking back to my Navy Radioman days, I remember how much time was 
> spent in looking at*
> *overlines in messages and trying to figure out what words were 
> actually there.  We didn't*
> *always have a perf tape back up.  It is really almost possible to go 
> cross-eyed while *
> *eyeballing overline text!*
> *
> *
> *What bugs me now is that it would have been about a $5.00 cost to 
> make all of our 28s work*
> *with non-overline! *
> *
> *
> *An examination of the Hoff articles following the Mouse Machine 
> release will lead one to a*
> *number of useful mods for the Mouse Machines in particular and for 
> many 28s in general.*
> *
> *
> *Ralph - W8ROI*
> *
> *
>

I've heard of the Mouse Machine 28KSRs but have forgotten some and never 
knew some more about them. What was different about them and how can 
they be identified?

-- 
*Charles Ring W3NU*
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