[GreenKeys] Model 14, 15, 26 on eBay
John Nagle
nagle at animats.com
Tue Jul 14 19:12:59 EDT 2015
As I understand it, there are only one or two working Model 12
machines left. Anyone have one? Someone should make a video before
they're all gone.
John Nagle
On 07/14/2015 04:05 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:
> 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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