[GreenKeys] 6, 8, and 15 level tape photos on ebay

[dmm at lemur.com]

In case any Greenkeyers should be watching either of the current ebay listings 

380804797518  or  161183893148  (Parkersburg WV Sentinal newspaper photos)

the current (single) bid on each is by me. 

I have managed to identify most of the tape-related equipment in each.

In the first set of two photos, the tall cabinet with the Teletype 
to its left is an Alphanumeric Corp. "Alphanumeric Photocomposition System"
("APS") - possibly an APS-2, probably not an APS-3.  It look as if it
might be built out of DEC equipment, but I don't know my DEC equipment
very well.

In the same listing the two consoles with the typewriters set into them are
Mergenthaler Linofilm Filmsetters, each with the "Linomix" attachment
(the box above each with the triangular arrangements of buttons)
allowing justification of two additional fonts simultaneously.
You might wish to take a look at the tape on the floor near these machines -
Mergenthaler used a 15-level tape for this system.  I *think* I have
a scrap of 15-level tape around here somewhere, but I may not be
remembering correctly.  These are just the consoles.  The actual
photocomposition units would be in large enclosures elsewhere in the
building.

In the second listing, the machine being typed upon in the first
photo is a Fairchild Teletypesetter Multiface Perforator.
I haven't yet identified the machine in the background of the second
photo in this listing.  It might be a photolettering/headliner unit
of some kind, or it might be a Graphotype (for Addressograph) machine of
a model unknown to me (the cabinets to its right look a *lot* like 
Addressograph cabinets).

For those who might be interested, here (temporarily) are four
photographs of the Mergenthaler and APS units:

http://www.galleyrack.com/private/dk/

These are from

   Phillips, Arthur H. "Computer Peripherals and Typesetting."
      London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1968.


One newspaper, three mutually incompatible composition systems.
The history of machines to make words in the 19th and 20th centuries
is endlessly fascinating.

Regards,
David M.
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