[GreenKeys] Model 19 - Austin Texas...

[Steve Garrison]

I might be making a trip to Austin in the very near future, and I’d be glad to retrieve it for someone else on the list and then we can arrange its transfer from me to you so it doesn’t get lost to a rubbish heap.  Mainly because I really don’t have room for it.

 

And I’ve asked Henning how much additional cost might be involved for a call control unit.  The i-Telex hardware is about $200.00 plus the cost of some enclosure mechanism.

 

Steve G./N4TTY

 

From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net <greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Kenneth Gartland
Sent: Thursday, July 5, 2018 9:37 AM
To: greenkeys <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [GreenKeys] Model 19 - Austin Texas...

 

Hi all!

 

This fine example of a Model 19 Teletype set

as seen the on the Ebay listing is an exceptionally

rare version...

 

This is the Western Union Telex version,

Model 19, rarely seen...

 

On close examination of the main cover,

one can see the answerback (Here-is) 

mech visible thru a round hole in a lift

up door...

 

This looks "Factory", and was probably

a special build for Western Union

by Teletype Corp'n...

 

This is the first Model 19 Telex version

I have ever seen...

 

I hope someone on Green keys can retrieve

this very rare example...

 

Even the table, is a "Telex" version of the standard

offering used on the 19 set...

 

The modification of the kbd itself, is difficult

enough for the removable version (KSR) kbd,

the 19 style keyboard wud be much harder 

to install the ansback assembly...

 

I have done some research on the M15 keyboards

W.U. used for Telex service, they seemed to

favour one version to use over the others...

 

I was not able to find info whether

or not Teletype Corp'n built these modfified

kbd's for W.U.

 

There doesn't appear to be any info available

to confirm this...

 

Apparently, Western Union modified the kbd's

and typing units in their own shops...

 

This machine is an amazing find, and very unlikely

another will ever turn up...

 

I really hope it can find a new home with

someone on the list...

 

Cheers!

 

Ken

 

VE3-HMQ

i-Telex 61663

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