[GreenKeys] What is going on here?

[Nick England]

It has always mystified me that, in an ASR, the backspace solenoid wiring
is soldered in and you have to cut the wiring or unsolder in order to
remove the perf/reperf from the LAK base.
Everything else in Teletype-land has plug-in or terminal strip
connections…..


On Sat, Jul 16, 2022 at 7:03 PM John, W9DDD <w9ddd at tapr.org> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> Actually I'm sitting here looking at a ROTR that has the power backspace
>
> I've not hooked up a switch to it, because I can't really see it being too
> useful.
>
> You are likely correct that the switch is either blank or figures tape
> feed out since that would be more useful particularly for auxiliary mounted
> reperf.
>
> ---
> ----
> You said "tomorrow" yesterday.
>
> The above comments or recommendations are SWAG. Use at your own risk.
> John, W9DDD
>
> On 7/16/2022 5:31 PM, Paul Heller wrote:
>
> Tom, are you sure that is a backspace button and not a tape feed button on
> your panel? A reperf does not run backwards, and a tape feed is important.
>
>
>
> Paul
> W2TTY
> i-Telex: 80003 or 468466
>
> 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 Jul 16, 2022, at 12:09 PM, Tom Hunter <tomhenryhunter at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am surprised at you Nick.  The hole on the right side of that panel is
> the tip-off. That is where the tape emerges from a dome reperf. It is a
> reperf control panel. Although my panel, besides the hole, only has two
> controls - a power switch and a backspace button (which does not work.)
>
>
> Tom   N3CRK
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