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

[COURYHOUSE at aol.com]

Sorry Sheldon- no immediate help on this as the box of  paper   from the 
New Mexico station is   stored away  behind   much  stuff. next month we  may 
be  working in  that  part of the  warehouse.
If  you have  not  found a  solve  for   this  please   remind us at that  
time.
 
It is to  go into the   UPI  display  to  print  Flash  Dallas Kennedy has 
been shot  messages   (  I will put  some fake  paper in it and keep the 
REAL   stuff  to the  side. Oddly enough   if  I   remember correctly.... the  
ship  date on this  box  was   just a bit  before Kennedy's  death... so the 
  timing is  good!
 
We need a  way to  hook the  tty  to something  that  will print at the 
push of a button  messages  that are  preprogrammed  thus our lobbying for that 
 feature in that   new USB interface  card   currently under  development.
 
The  photo  you  see is  from a  photo   of  KOY  teletype  room from the  
1940s
 
 
In a message dated 4/6/2016 9:13:08 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
SDAITCH at bbg.gov writes:

 
Well, what are the box dimensions? 

Sheldon


 
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From: COURYHOUSE at aol.com  <COURYHOUSE at aol.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 6, 2016 11:31  AM
To: epvgk at limpoc.com; Sheldon Daitch
Cc:  greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] how did the ap  and upi teletypes motor on and 
off? i do not s...  


 
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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