[GreenKeys] Dow Jones Pedestal printer...

Rob Doyle radioengr at gmail.com
Wed Dec 16 17:06:27 EST 2015


On 12/16/2015 9:41 AM, Jack 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.

"It's in a better place. Or. Rather. It's in the same place but now it's
got a big hole through it." - Strongbad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oiGj2ZiDxQ

Rob.


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