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

[Christian Gauger-Cosgrove]

The machine in the first set of photos is a DEC machine. a PDP-8. The
original "Straight-8" PDP-8 to be precise.

Cheers,
Christian

On 1 January 2014 17:35,  <dmm at lemur.com> wrote:
>
> 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.
> ===
> Dr. David M. MacMillan  -  dmm at lemur.com
>
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Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove
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