[GreenKeys] Taking my Teletypes to the Faire

[Eric]

Hey that looks great! Nice production too. I hope you get lots of interested and curious people visiting! 

On April 6, 2018 2:37:01 PM PDT, Jordan Spencer Cunningham <js at cunni.co> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>I'm taking my M15 and M19 to the 2018 Salt Lake City Mini Maker Faire.
>I've
>got a couple of Eric Volpe's boards built (well, 1.5 boards-- I need to
>solder the second one still) and will have attendees send email and SMS
>to
>them as well as choose art to print out. I know we have at least a
>couple
>of other Utahns on the list here, so feel free to drop by. I'd love to
>meet
>any fellow GreenKeyers.
>
>I put together an advertising video to attract people.
>
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fkB64-qiPc
>
>Unfortunately I haven't had enough time to put the boards and power
>supply
>in a fancy case, nor have I built plexiglass cases for the teletypes so
>the
>innards can be seen but better protected. That will have to wait until
>next
>year. Everything works as intended, though.
>
>Yes, I know, strictly speaking the M19 didn't exist until the 40s, and
>it's
>technically not ASCII art. The target audience is people who don't know
>the
>rich history of teleprinters, though, so I kept the details simplified.
>I
>do plan to post more technical videos in time.
>
>Anyway, this is an exciting moment for me. I only got into these
>fascinating machines a couple of years ago, but I see bringing them to
>this
>event as a sort of culmination of all the knowledge I've gained so far,
>much if not most of which I've gleaned from members of GreenKeys. So
>thank
>you all!
>
>Also a special thanks to Eric Volpe. I'm an amateur when it comes to
>designing electronics, and he helped me understand his design better so
>I
>could build it properly. He even sent me a few hard to find spare
>components.
>
>--Jordan