[GreenKeys] Pristine M28 ASR Rescue

Tue Jun 29 16:46:28 EDT 2021

Well Andy, his son and daughter, DR House, along with his wife, and Nick, N0NCQ, who lives just a dozen or so miles from me and was a lot of the muscle, along with his son-in-law and trailer on the rescue, have all had the unique pleasure of meeting my boss.  And for those that don’t know, goes by the name of Puddin.  Goes without saying anyone named Puddin would be real easy to get along with!

She loves teletype machines and at one time knew the names of a lot of the proper names for all of their parts.  She was there in Texas while I was in Tech School back in 1966 and help me study 7 night a week for the 6 days a week, 33 week long course the USAF put me through.

Steve G./N4TTY

From: Andy KN4UCL <kn4ucl at gmail.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2021 4:34 PM
To: Gerry Block <gblock at sbcglobal.net>
Cc: Greenkeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>; N4TTY at arrl.net
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Pristine M28 ASR Rescue

An ASR enhances any domestic setting...

On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 4:05 PM Gerry Block <gblock at sbcglobal.net <mailto:gblock at sbcglobal.net> > wrote:

Steve,

  I think the most impressive thing about that machine is that your wife let you put it in the dining room!

Gerry

AD6MC

On Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 11:31:57 AM PDT, Steve Garrison <steve.n4tty at gmail.com <mailto:steve.n4tty at gmail.com> > wrote: 

Well I guess the term ‘pristine’ is defined in the eyes of the owner, but the machine was recovered yesterday!

This machine was rescued from a home that had experienced a fire, but the fire never actually reached the room where the teletype was located.  The owner, a ham, always kept a blanket over the M28 when it wasn’t in use, but the fire crews did pull down the ceiling in that room, double checking there was no fire in that portion of the attic.

This M28 is in very good condition however.  The cabinet shows no signs of rust that I have discover on cursory inspection, and the paint is in excellent condition as well.  No visible scratches either.  Internally the sound deadening materials look as if they are brand new, in other words in perfect condition.  I’ve attached a couple of pics (a few more to follow, and possibly a link to a YouTube video if I decide to power it up as see how things respond).

As seen in the close-up of the keyboard, there is some debris that I think may have come from the ceiling as the blanket was knocked askew by the fire crews.  And in some of the following pics there is evidence of gypsum board dust under the hood so to speak.

Oh, and by the way, there seems to NO evidence of a smoke smell either, as it sits in the dining room with the boss’s approval!

Steve G./N4TTY

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