[GreenKeys] 6 bit Teletype reperf

[Doug Alderdice]

Very nice ... and a set of organ pedals off to one side, too!!

Doug, KA2WFT

On 12/3/2019 10:16 AM, dmm at lemur.com wrote:
> A report, a question, and some photos:
> 
> The 6-bit Teletype(setter) Reperforator listed on ebay is now safely
> in my car (which is in my garage - that's the amazing thing :-)
> Rather than risking shipping, I just drove down to get it; it was
> only 275 miles from me.
> 
> This is a "bare" unit without its cover.  Here's a photo
> of a different TTS Reperforator with its cover (and an external tape reel
> and its table):
> 
> <http://www.galleyrack.com/temp/tts-reperforator-loft.jpg>
> 
> 
> My question has to do with something that Duncan said when he
> identified the ebay unit.  I'm sure that I must be misunderstanding
> something.  He wrote:
> 
>> It typically sat on a little dolly under the M19 table
> 
> Does this refer to the regular 5-level TTY reperforator, or to
> the 6-level TTS unit?
> 
> I am *presuming* that it refers to the 5-level TTY reperf, because
> to the best of my knowledge neither TTY nor Fairchild ever made
> anything like a 6-level version of the Model 15 or Model 19 setup.
> Or am I wrong?  Did they?
> A TTS perforator requires additional counting equipment to handle
> set (character width) and spaceband expansion, and a way of indicating
> line length ranges to the operator.
> 
> 
> Just because it's easy, here's a lineup of the rest of the office-side
> components of a Teletype-vintage (vs. Fairchild or later) TTS system
> (that is, less the linecaster Operating Unit):
> 
> An ex-AP Model 20 printer:
> <http://www.galleyrack.com/temp/tts-model-20-printer-loft.jpg>
> 
> A Standard Perforator:
> <http://www.galleyrack.com/temp/tts-standard-perforator-loft.jpg>
> 
> A 6-level Transmitter-Distributor (sitting on an unrelated typewriter stand):
> <http://www.galleyrack.com/temp/tts-transmitter-distributor-loft.jpg>
> 
> A Multiface Perforator:
> <http://www.galleyrack.com/temp/tts-multiface-perforator-loft.jpg>
> 
> (Sitting on the Multiface Perforator are two instances (one wrapped)
> of the rarest part of the system:  the counting magazines for the
> Multiface Perforator.  These seem always to have been removed and lost.
> The two in the picture were a gift from a friend in Belgium
> who acquired them accidentally with unrelated equipment.)
> 
> 
> My thanks to the list for bringing this TTS Reperf. to my attention.
> 6-level equipment in any form is scarce.
> 
> Regards,
> David M.
> ===
> Dr. David M. MacMillan - dmm at lemur.com
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