[GreenKeys] Model 14, 15, 26 on eBay

Jim Haynes jhhaynes at earthlink.net
Tue Jul 14 19:05:37 EDT 2015


On Mon, 13 Jul 2015, John Nagle wrote:
> Model 26 for $777. Phoenix, AZ.
> This is generally considered to be the worst Teletype
> product.  It was intended to be a low-end alternative to the Model 15,
> with lots of sheet metal and no castings.  The production cost wasn't much 
> lower and the reliability was much worse.

But for a lot of hams in the 1950s they were almost infinitely better
than the Model 12s that they had been using.  And some considered 
the keyboard feel to be the best that Teletype ever made.  Certainly 
ridiculously overpriced, tho.


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