[GreenKeys] ASR-33 Chattering...and the beginning of an adventure!

[JOHN]

Thanks Andy. I am in contact with Wayne. We will see where this goes...looks like we’re headed toward a driver board for the selector...at least. I had to put fresh batteries in my trusty Fluke 83-3 for this (-;.

As an old controls guy...this is fun.

Any help you can provide will be greatly appreciated. What a wonderful community!

John

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From: Andy KN4UCL
To: John Kelley
Cc: Greenkeys
Sent: August 31, 2019 at 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] ASR-33 Chattering...and the beginning of an adventure!

Hi John - you are running "open." I am sure Wayne will chime in (he's the resident expert) - that video is actually my humble (ebay) TTY that Wayne very graciously helped me fix. It now runs perfectly.
If you don't hear back from Wayne I can dig out the emails, but suffice to say - WELCOME to your model 33 … it's a lot of fun :-)

Andy
On Sat, Aug 31, 2019 at 3:34 PM John Kelley <jkelleyus at comcast.net (mailto:jkelleyus at comcast.net)> wrote:
> Good afternoon everyone! I've just managed to acquire an ASR-33....an
> item I've been searching for about 2 years. I first used one of these
> while playing with early PC's in the 1970's and later used one
> on-the-job connected to a PDP-11.
>
> Thanks to the seller I have three manuals (tech and parts) but now need
> some assistance getting up to speed. I've subscribed to Greenkeys
> throughout my journey and now believe more active participation would be
> helpful.
>
> After a good cleaning and oiling, I cautiously turned this machine on
> for the first time. Whether in local or remote, it simply chatters at
> its current location. The carriage doesn't move. Searching around the
> web I found a video that describes my problem pretty well but presents
> no solutions.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEgqg-TTpVA
>
> I'm studying the manuals but still getting familiar with the
> nomenclature. Any hints, advice or head-starts would be greatly appreciated!
>
> I'll also be looking for some parts as the project commences. I'd like
> to find sources everyone here could recommend...it looks like Mr. TTY
> might be a good resource for a new cover, plastic selector handle for
> the tape reader, and a paper door spring. It would not at all surprise
> me that more odds and ends will be needed.
>
> Thanks for all you do to help folks that love these old machines. I'm
> looking forward to this adventure!
>
> John
>
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>
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