[GreenKeys] how did the ap and upi teletypes motor on and off? i do not s...

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yes  I  have a  box of paper here! it is  from a nm  station... 
 
 
here is  one   from  1948 our az KOY teletype   upi  unit  used
 

 
 
In a message dated 4/5/2016 10:17:39 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
epvgk at limpoc.com writes:

>  Eric,
> 
> 
> The M-15 and M-20 machines typically used  fanfold paper that was in a 
box below the machine and fed into the printer  through a slot in the rear of 
the cover.
> 

Oh, ok. I didn't know  the wire services used fanfold. Who used rolls, 
then? 

eric.  

> 
> Someone with a ruler and a box of that fanfold paper is  going to have to 
help me with the exact measurements, I simply don't  remember.  Well, I 
think it was 8.5 inches wide, maybe 18 inches for each  fold and the box was 
about 10 inches high?
> 
> I think a box  would last about a week or so, but that is a guess from a 
40 year  memory.
> 
> The Extel printers were usually set up for roll  paper.  The roll paper 
was a little bit thinner, and didn't last nearly  as long as a box of 
fanfold, but seems to me that the Extels might not have  been able to pull the 
fanfold paper through the printer.
> 
>  
> 73
> 
> Sheldon
> 
> 
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