[GreenKeys] Dow Jones Teletype machine

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

probably   thinks still works as he plugs it in and hears   some motor 
sounds if  ebay mentality  follows on this   one...
 
 
In a message dated 12/14/2015 3:27:06 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
duncanancy at earthlink.net writes:

We have  one of these in the AWA Museum. It was know as the Dow Jones 
"News Ticker"  or "Broad Ticker".  It is sort of a cross between a stock 
ticker and  a page printer.  It is a very simple mechanism with a large 
type  wheel and prints on about a 4" wide roll of paper. I assume it 
operates on  the same principle as the stock tickers. There is a pocket 
on the side of  the machine to hold a scissors to cut off the paper and a 
hook or clip on  the front to hold the latest news.

It was not made by Teletype Corp, so  it is not a "Teletype machine", but 
I don't know who made them for Dow  Jones. I have seen pictures of a 
similar printing mechanism with the name  "J. Burry, Inv. & Mfr. New 
York" on it and patent dates of 1901-04.  The unit we have has no 
manufacture's name on the printing mechanism, just  "Dow Jones" on the 
front of the case. There were Teletype Corp. M15ROs  & M28ROs (including 
the M28RO wall mount) available for this Dow Jones  News service, also.

These machines provided financial news to  businesses up until 1970, when 
Dow Jones upgraded to an electronic system,  the Dow Jones 300 that 
operated at 300wpm.  Dow Jones did not want to  take back these obsolete 
machines, so they sold them in place for  $1.00.  If the Craig's List 
seller was the original user, he will  make a killing if can sell it now 
for @1200!!

I don't know how he  can claim that it is "still operational!!" when the 
system was shut down  45 years ago.  Maybe he made an electronic interface??

Have  fun,

Duncan Brown, K2OEQ
USASA  31J30

Antique Wireless  Association Museum Asst. Curator, Commercial Equipment
(also Chief TTY  operator &  repairman)
http://www.antiquewireless.org/
http://www.antiquewireless.org/phase-1-virtual-tour.html



On  13-Dec-15 15:17, Jim Taylor wrote:
> Interesting machine  -
>
> (usual disclaimers, etc.)
>
>  http://delaware.craigslist.org/atq/5354467239.html
>
>  73,
>
> Jim, K9JT


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