[GreenKeys] M35 typebox situ...
Pete Lancashire
pete at petelancashire.com
Fri May 19 18:22:07 EDT 2017
One VERY dirty pallet box
https://goo.gl/photos/dHeCC78pV4WD4FCR6
This guy came of a 35 what what I call for now the keyboard/pallet for mini
computers what used ASCII. The give away to me is the up carrot vs the more
common up arrow.
This has to be the most caked up one I've seen.
Goal is to convert two other 35's to this format by getting the correct box
or just the pallets, and also change the key cap.
On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com>
wrote:
> Then there is the manual that may be incorrect, plus it seems there are
> sometimes two
> P/N's for say a semi-colon, but don't know what the difference is. Be nice
> if there was an
> actual drawing of the characters.
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Kenneth Gartland <trnsrme at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi all!
>>
>> Our friend pete's situ is by no means "Unusual"...
>>
>> Many times, pallet sets are changed in the field, without ensuring
>> the I.D. "Stud" matches the contents of the box...
>>
>> Quite often, if a typebox is badly ink plugged, the field
>> tech changes the box to save the customer's downtime, and his hands!
>>
>> Before doing so, I wud always look at the type box pallets to ensure
>> it was the rite set...I never went by the I.D. screw*...
>>
>> *This is the little "Hex" screw that has the typebox code stamped into
>> it...
>>
>> It is even more common with the 28 typeboxes, one can expect anything...
>> The I.D. screw is not always correct with the pallets...
>>
>> Kinda like the movie of Forrest Gump and his box of chocolates,
>> you never know what yr going to get...(Something to that effect!)
>>
>> Have fun changing the pallets, Pete, and watch out for those weird
>> little springs...
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> Ken
>> VE3-HMQ
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