[GreenKeys] Telephoto machines?

WA5CAB--- via GreenKeys greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Sun Jun 28 14:40:15 EDT 2015


OK.  I was under the impression that the museum had closed and been broken 
up.  

I still have the table and other pieces.

In a message dated 06/28/2015 12:17:45 PM Central Daylight Time, 
62.5milliamps at gmail.com writes: 
> Robert,
> 
> The system was designed and built by the PHILCO Corporation.  The same 
> company that built the Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) gear for 
> anti-submarine warfare. I used to be a maintenance specialist for MAD gear.
> 
> The complete TXC-1 is still at the San Diego Computer Museum at the San 
> Diego State University Library.
> If I remember correctly I think I sent the speaker back to you or sent you 
> a replacement.
> 
> Of course the table was not there so we adapted a table to look similar to 
> the original.
> The special paper, and stylus are there also.  UPS broke one of the tubes 
> in the power supply, but Glen Galati provided a replacement.
> 
> If anyone watches the opening of Clint Eastwood's "Flags of our Fathers" 
> you will see the TXC-1 in action.
> Your power supply for the machine has sort have been immortalized by the 
> film.
> 
> Thanks again for all of your kind support.
> Don

Robert & Susan Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480
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