[GreenKeys] 5A Stock Ticker on eBay

[Jack]

This one is missing the ink reservoir box that sits over the typewheel. 
I was able to get one of these working for Eugene using a homebrew
polar power supply and my WECO test set (I think it runs at 56 baud...).
I don't think it's ugly, but it sure is heavy!

Jack K2TTY


-----Original Message-----
From: GreenKeys [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John
Nagle
Sent: Saturday, December 19, 2015 11:56 PM
To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [GreenKeys] 5A Stock Ticker on eBay

     There's a Teletype 5A Stock Ticker on eBay.  $100, plus shipping.
This is the "high speed ticker" introduced in 1930.  It's a 6-bit start-stop
device. No shifts.

     Nobody seems to like 5A machines much.  They have their very own code
(see "http://www.prc68.com/I/WU5A.shtml"), they need a polar input with
unusual timing, they have a 1/8 HP motor that runs hot, and they're rather
ugly.  While a classic Edison ticker sells for
$10,000 to $20,000, this model sells for maybe $100.

     But if you want one...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-York-Quotation-Co-Teletype-Stock-Exchange-Ticker
-Tape-5-A-NYSE-Ticker-/331733741956

				John Nagle
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