[GreenKeys] "New" machines in the stable - seeking information

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about the T1000:

technically you could, but this base is way shorter and cannot 
accommodate the keyboard and punched tape reader. you would be better 
off jut getting a asr t1000. we had three of those machines and on all 
of them the power supply broke down. schematics are hard to come by and 
we only got a global schematic of the power supply. :-(

On 15-06-17 23:09, Per Jensen wrote:
> Hi group.
> 
> I was lucky to come by two "new" machines for my collection of Teleprinters
> 
> A fine Siemens T1000 RO and a Creed 7B/CTK will join my two Siemens T37 
> and the Olivetti T2-CN in collection.
> 
> Now to the questions:
> 
> Can i retrofit a keyboard to the T1000 RO? There seems to be extra 
> connectors on it’s mainboard for keyboard, auto answer etc - but i miss 
> documentation & schematics to be sure. Is there a service manual in 
> existence that has schematics so i can see how to put together a 
> keyboard for this?
> As a RO it is of very little interest to me, so converting it to be able 
> to send would make it much more useful.
> 
> Now to the Creed 7B.
> It needs a total restoration - it’s not rusty, but a lot of the “white” 
> metal parts has this white fuzzy covering - i guess it’s the 
> cadmium-coating corroding because it has seen some moisture in the air.
> 
> It seems to do both printing and perforation in the tape (i’ve just run 
> it by hand for now) - is there any way to turn off perforations and only 
> print on the paper tape?
> 
> I want to take off the keys and clean them one by one - the top of the 
> keys is a presumably a brass ring with 4 tabs folded down under the 
> key-body. Under the ring there is a sheet of clear plastic which under 
> is the printed text. Quite a lot of them has sucked in some oil so i 
> want to clean them - is it safe to un-bend these tabs, or will they just 
> break if i try?
> 
> The 7B came with a big (!) sound proofing box. The top of the box is 
> partly hinged so it can be opened for adjustment on the paper path. It 
> has holes to feed in paper and to feed paper out. Is it original? It 
> does not bear the Creed-logo or any type designation, but it does have 
> this black “crinkly”-paint that was classic at that time.
> 
> My standard go-to solution to fix old stuck mechanics is a partly 
> teardown, soaking parts in a mix of turpentine and mineral oil - it has 
> worked perfectly on the old T37 and T2 machines, but i’m not sure about 
> painted parts - it may strip the paint- any advice on this?
> 
> With the two machines i also got some keys. There are the tubular kind 
> from Chicago Lock co. - do they have any use in Teletype-systems? 
> because i can’t find any key-holes on the machines i got.
> 
> Some pictures of the stuff that i got: 
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/gneu0qyg0ifwefm/AADvssdhaehMJo_5zl_MyCrqa?dl=0
> 
> That was a lot of questions for now, and i hope that you will be able to 
> help me do something useful with these machines.
> 
> Regards,
> Per.
> 
> 
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