[GreenKeys] Dow Jones Pedestal printer...

[Paul Heller]

Ha ha! That’s a GREAT story!

Paul
W2TTY


> On Dec 16, 2015, at 9:41 AM, Jack <wa2hwj at att.net> wrote:
> 
> My favorite TTY story was when I was a TTY repairman for NY Telephone
> in the 1970's. We had a large county-wide TTY network with Model 28's that
> was used by the Nassau County Police Department. I got a "call out" one
> night at 2:00AM to check a machine in a small town department.
> After getting my truck and driving over to the PD, I found a bullet
> hole in the 28ASR's keyboard. The on-duty cop told me he got so frustrated
> trying
> to send a message that he shot the machine...!   
> We replaced the keyboard the next day...no questions asked.
> 
> Jack K2TTY
> 
> NNNN
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
> Kenneth Gartland
> Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2015 9:41 AM
> To: GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [GreenKeys] Dow Jones Pedestal printer...
> 
> Hi all...
> 
> Lots of great chatter on this Dow Jones printer...
> 
> When I worked in Montreal,PQ back in 1970, there were still plenty of these
> in service...Also a great number of the very familiar 5-A Teletype
> tickers...
> 
> There was enuf Dow Jones equipment in service at the time, our company CP
> Telecommunications, had a permanent guy stationed downtown to look after
> these machines...
> 
> This particular printer, did use a "Typewheel: printing mech, quite simple
> in design...
> 
> Interestingly, every morning before the markets opened locally, DJ in New
> York, wud send a long "Synchronizing" pulse, which wud ensure, when real
> quote transmissions began, every machine was thus locked in to the incoming
> feed...
> 
> The little mystery box with the rotating disk mentioned earlier in the
> fotos, is an ink well which supplies ink to the typewheel each time it
> passes back & forth over it!
> 
> The print copy was usually of a purple colour similar to the ink used in the
> 5-A ticker felt roller...
> 
> I briefly worked on these machines, when the DJ maintainer tech was on
> vacation, or busy elsewhere on other calls...
> 
> The weirdest call ever, was from one of our brokers in Ottawa, who
> complained the "Paper wasn't. cutting properly"...
> 
> Upon arrival, the old guy showed me the scissors which hung from the machine
> pedestal, and the rivet had worn out holding the two halves together, and
> the blades had come apart...
> 
> He was very insistant it be repaired on the spot...So out came my big
> American Beauty soldering iron, and back in svc in minutes later...
> 
> The old guy was ecstatic, and said what great service we provided!!!
> 
> One of my favourite brokerage memories from back in the day!
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> Ken VE3-HMQ
> i-Telex 61663
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