[GreenKeys] How did you acquire your Teletypes?

[Bill Strangfeld]

In the 1990s, when there were lots of hamfests, all I did was put up a “Teletypes Wanted” sign.  They found me, by the dozens.  People were happy to give them away instead of junking them.

There are still some of those left here in Cincinnati, free for those who can pickup.  No 32s or 33s though.

Bill W8FIX

> On Aug 26, 2020, at 11:18 AM, Bob kb8tq <kb8tq at n1k.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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