[GreenKeys] Fwd: First projects

Fri Jul 30 11:25:29 EDT 2021

I share with all of you my email conversation with Alice before everything went sideways.

Despite some quick emails, I have not heard back again.

Paul

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Paul Heller <paul0926 at comcast.net>
> Date: July 29, 2021 at 12:44:36 PM GMT+2
> To: nekrosox at tuta.io
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] First projects
> 
> Best to ask your questions to the entire Greenkeys community. Others there know a lot more than I do about the 37, 43 and data speed 40. I cannot answer those questions because I have never seen or used any of those machines. 
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2021, at 12:09 PM, nekrosox at tuta.io wrote:
>>> 
>> 
>> Thank you so much for your reply!
>> 
>> Do you think anyone here has an ASR model 33 they'd be willing to part with? Would a model 37 or 43 work as well? I've also heard about the dataspeed 40, are they practical as terminals?
>> 
>> I'm sorry for the barrage of questions. Thank you so much for engaging with me though!
>> Alice
>> 
>> Jul 29, 2021, 04:42 by paul0926 at comcast.net:
>> Wow that was a fast reply!
>> 
>> You have a few options. If you want a true terminal that can hook to a computer, you will want a model 33. It is 7bit ascii and runs at 110baud. They can be hard to find, but they are out there.
>> 
>> If you want something to play and have fun with, consider a model 15 or 28. They run at 45baud and only operate with 5 bit, but you can do quite a bit with them. These are the work horses of the military last century and also all the news wire services. These are the sounds heard in newsrooms on the radio in the 70s and 80s and 90s. 
>> 
>> And those are the machines used by ham operators for RTTY (radio teletype) until recently when it all went to computers. 
>> 
>> Curiousmarc did a fantastic series on the
>> Model 19, which is an advanced version of the model 15 with support for paper tape. 
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NuvwndwYSY&list=PL-_93BVApb5-9eQLTCk9xx16RAGEYHH1q
>> 
>> 
>> Have fun. 
>> 
>> Paul
>> W2TTY
>> 
>> ITTY:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8000/ITTY
>> ITTY100:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8010/ITTY100
>> AUTOSTART: HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8030/AUTOSTART
>> EUROPE:  HTTP://INTERNET-TTY.NET:8040/EUROPE
>> 
>>>> On Jul 29, 2021, at 11:29 AM, nekrosox at tuta.io wrote:
>>>  
>>> Hi Paul, thank you!
>>> 
>>> I'm thinking it might be the machine that was on ebay. I don't know how many issues there are with the machine (I'm not much of a hardware person) but I have a lot of friends who do know a good bit about hardware and they've helped me figure out what was wrong with it. I'm willing to sell it, but I'd rather discuss that on a closed channel.
>>> 
>>> I'm hoping to find a teletype that I could use as a terminal, but I'm so fascinated with these machines that I also just kind of want a machine that can do everything so I can play around with all the versatile use cases they have been used for.
>>> 
>>> Please, let's talk more about this! I'm excited to finally get to talk with people who share my interest in this.
>>> 
>>> Alice
>>> 
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>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jul 29, 2021, 04:23 by paul0926 at comcast.net:
>>> Hello Alice. Welcome to the group. Is this the machine that was listed on eBay? There was one in Houston listed for more than a year now, originally at a very high price but finally coming down. I wanted to buy that machine, and the seller was finally near the price I would pay but shipping was too expensive to Colorado. 
>>> 
>>> The T1000 is made for the telex network, which does not exist any longer. It runs at 66wpm. The good news is there is a very active community that has recreated the old telex network. It is called iTelex. 
>>> 
>>> Sadly I’m not in your area but I know there are at least two members who are, and who k ow all about iTelex. Hopefully they will see your message and contact you. 
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>> On Jul 29, 2021, at 11:05 AM, alice via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Hello GreenKeys,
>>> 
>>> I apologize in advance for my lack of experience. I'm new here, and new to working with teletypes in general.
>>> 
>>> I'm in an area between Houston and Austin. I bought a somewhat defective Siemens T1000, under the naïve assumption that getting it to work and buying paper, ink, and punch tape for it would be easier than it turned out to be. So I'm wondering if there's anyone in this area who would be willing to help me restore this beautiful piece of tech, or anyone in general who'd just enjoy working on cool projects with me.
>>> 
>>> I'm also wondering if there's anyone in this area with an ascii ASR teletype who would be willing to negotiate a fair price.
>>> 
>>> Thank you all so much,
>>> Alice
>>> 
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