[GreenKeys] BRPE punch (second try)

[Nick England]

Specification 5641S, issue 3,Oct. 1953
Description, installation, and adjustments for the magnet controlled
reperforator (ARPE)

I know nothing further.

Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 12:24 PM Jim Haynes <jhhaynes at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jun 2019, Jones, Douglas W wrote:
> >
> > But a final question:  What does BRPE stand for?
> >
> Teletype used letter codes for all the major items they made.  Usually
> the first letter represented a product line and the others were sorta
> mnemonic for what the item did.  Thus  BP for Model 15 printer, BK for
> the keyboard, BB for the base.  LP for Model 28 printer, LK for KSR
> keyboard, LAK for ASR keyboard, LPR, LRPE and various others for various
> reperforators LB for the non-keyboard base, LESU for the electrical
> service unit, etc.
>
> For the high speed line there were a new set of prefixes BRPE was the
> second high speed non typing reperforator to be developed.  I don't know
> if there ever was an ARPE or a CRPE, but then there was DRPE, the tuned
> reed punch.  BX was a tape reader that was followed by the CX and then
> by the DX.  I don't know if there was an AX.
>
>
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