[GreenKeys] M28 cabinets - skin tight vs skin tight

[Nick England]

Photo 1 is a skin tight (rack mount) 28KSR in an LPC206 or LPC213 cabinet.

Photo 2 is a Compact 28KSR, perhaps US Navy AN/UGC-20.

Cheers
Nick


On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 7:41 PM Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Interesting. Here are two of mine from the “to be checked out / to be
> restored” area of my shack. The first pic is what I was told by an
> authority is a skin tight 28 (whatever that means). The paper on it says
> “100WPM TELETYPE NEW”.  I don’t know what feed it was receiving that
> printed that, and am unsure what gears it really has in it. I was told it
> is ready for ITTY, but have not had a chance to try it and the paper makes
> me thing the speed is wrong.  Unlike a normal 28 it does not have a LESU. I
> am assuming the selector magnets hook directly to the loop, but I have not
> gone through the machine yet.
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> This second pic is closer to what you have, John. I was not able to
> identify this machine as a 28. It has a three speed gearbox it it. To the
> left of the keyboard is a lever (can’t see it in my photo) to switch speds.
> John, I can see there is a lever on yours as well. Is yours three speed?
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> Paul
> W2TTY
> i-Telex: 80003
>
> ITTY:   HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8000/ITTY
> <HTTP://internet-tty.net:8000/ITTY>
> ITTY100:   HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8010/ITTY100
> <HTTP://internet-tty.net:8010/ITTY100>
> AUTOSTART:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8030/AUTOSTART
> EUROPE:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8040/EUROPE
> <HTTP://internet-tty.net:8040/EUROPE>
>
> On Mar 25, 2020, at 1:57 PM, John <John at tubetestingpros.com> wrote:
>
> Greetings Greenkeyers!
>
> Here is a shot of my 28 Compact - or rather I was told that this is a
> "Compact" - dunno for sure.
>
> Runs nicely, recent ITTY on the paper, rescued along with a larger hoard
> of machines last year.
>
> Cheers
>
> John KB6SCO
> Carson City
> On 3/25/2020 11:35 AM, Nick England wrote:
>
> No, Teletype definitely wasn't consistent. They used "skin tight" or
> "skintight", "cover" or "cabinet", and "rack mount" or "rack mounted". And
> an LPC206 style KSR or RO was referred to as a "rack mounted set (skin
> tight cover)".
>
> You just gotta know one when you see one..
>
> The TT-176 is not a Compact - it is a rack mount and/or skintight
>
> Definitely a Compact is a Compact, even though it is narrow enough to put
> on a rack mount shelf.
> The Compact KSR does not have a mechanical keyboard. It is a M32
> electrical type (UGC-20) or photoelectric (UGC-77).
>
> Nick England K4NYW
>
> <Mod28 Compact.jpg>
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