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

[Sheldon Daitch]

Well, what are the box dimensions?


Sheldon


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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

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In a message dated 4/5/2016 10:17:39 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, epvgk at limpoc.com writes:
> Eric,
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> 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.
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Oh, ok. I didn't know the wire services used fanfold. Who used rolls, then?

eric.

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> 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?
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> I think a box would last about a week or so, but that is a guess from a 40 year memory.
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> 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.
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> 73
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> Sheldon
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