[GreenKeys] How did you acquire your Teletypes?

[Bob kb8tq]

Hi

….. well …. since you asked :)

Back when I was in school, I found a “can’t pass this up” deal on a model 15 at a store
12 hours from home. It was cheap enough that there was no way to *not* buy it. 

At the time (this was the 1970’s) the airlines had “unlimited” baggage on domestic flights. 
I pulled up to the airport with my model 15 and my one bag. I checked it all in. They 
(rightly) advised me that transport of the unpackaged 15 was on a “best effort” basis. 

When I got to the other end, I picked up my luggage and they paged me over to the 
freight door. There was the model 15. It was intact and it ran quite well for a number of years.

Bob

> On Aug 26, 2020, at 11:08 AM, GodOfCows <jacobdouglastupper at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> (This is my first post to the email list)
> 
> I just started getting into teletypes this year, mainly off my fascination with early computing input/output. However, I'm struggling in acquiring teletypes. So far Ebay has been my only source for both material and teletypes themselves. It's been a crapshoot to say the least. I've gotten a nice Model 32 Teletype that I've managed to repair, but a Model 33 101c Teletype that I got came in the worst packing job I have ever seen, it's repairable, but cosmetically it's beyond repair (I spent about 4 hours glueing and melting plastic pieces back together). 
> 
> In the end I'd just like to know how you got your teletypes? Any tips for a new guy?
> 
> Many thanks.
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