[GreenKeys] Model 33 ASR Restoration Update

David Tumey via GreenKeys greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Thu Aug 6 13:12:02 EDT 2015


Hope the list doesn't mind me sharing the reunion of the '369 UMass teletype with the 6802-based computer I built as a kid.  As mentioned in previous updates, I wrangled the '369 from the engineering school at UMass to use as a terminal with the 6802 machine I started building when I was 19.  The last time these two machines communicated was in 1983.  After wandering around the US for the past 32 years taking very different paths (the TTY was MIA since 1994), they have been reunited for the first time.  I have attached a couple photos.  My thanks to the list for all the help getting here.
Note the '369 is going topless for now (it is S. FL so that is expected) while the work on the plastics is completed.  The computer is a single-board design sitting on a piece of plywood to the left of the machine running a 4K basic kluge off of EPROM.  The print is hot off the platen.  Surprisingly good character quality and alignment!
...and yes, I did get a little misty while watching the machine run a crude prime number generator I whipped up! Thanks for letting me share.
--daveW5DT
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