[GreenKeys] Taking my Teletypes to the Faire

[W2HX]

Impressive video! Wow!

From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jordan Spencer Cunningham
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2018 5:37 PM
To: Green Keys
Subject: [GreenKeys] Taking my Teletypes to the Faire

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
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