[GreenKeys] Newbie seeking help please

[Chris Mele]

Hello and thanks for adding me to this list!

I am a 34-year-newsman and I recently came into possession of an Associated
Press teletype/wire machine with a keyboard. I am very excited to have it
for my office.

I can recall one of these machines in the journalism department at my
college and remember the more modern versions of the machines that were
printers -- all of course before the wires converted to
electronically delivering feeds directly to newsroom computers.

I have been diving into the impressive, deep archives here and been
searching online for a better understanding of how the machine worked or
even a simple diagram of the names of its parts. Was the keyboard a way for
reporters to transmit from the field? I am also trying to get an
approximate date for this model.

I've been hunting for a book or instruction manual that might shed light on
the history of these news wire machines. If anyone has any recommendations
or knows of a particular thread that might address my questions, I'd be
most grateful. I'm not at all tech savvy so I'm looking for something that
might be a bit more with the layman in mind but certainly welcome any
technical insights.

I very much admire the sense of community in these threads and I'll
continue to methodically work my way through them in the meantime.

Thanks very much.

Best,
Christopher Mele

PS -- I have been repeatedly asked whether this machine works or could be
made to work again, and I have no idea.
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