[GreenKeys] [External] Re: MITE AN/TCG-14A Video

[John, W9DDD]

Yes, now that I look at fig 8, I remember.  The diameter is about the 
same as the printer.  This is based on having seen the printer assy many 
years ago.  Like the diameter of a Sharpie.

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You said "tomorrow" yesterday.

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John, W9DDD

On 5/8/2022 11:42 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
> MITE printing reperf
>
> See patent
> https://www.navy-radio.com/tty/asr/TGC29-Mite%20ASR%20patent.pdf
>
>
> On 08-May-22 12:39, Duncan Brown wrote:
>> What is the diamater of you cylinder? Similar to the MITE, or larger? 
>> I think this was discussed here, before, but don't remember the answer.
>>
>> Maybe it is for the MITE   AN/TGC-29 reperf.
>>
>> Duncan
>> K2OEQ
>>
>> On 08-May-22 12:29, John, W9DDD wrote:
>>> Is there a reperf that works in a similar fashion?  I have a 
>>> cylinder with the characters rotated 90 degrees from what your 
>>> diagram shows.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/8/2022 10:15 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
>>>> Here is a diagram of the MITE printing mechanism.
>>>>
>>>> Have fun,
>>>>
>>>> Duncan
>>>> K2OEQ
>>>>
>>>> On 08-May-22 10:57, Duncan Brown wrote:
>>>>> On the MITE, the hammer is in front. It pushes the ribbon against 
>>>>> the paper and then against the 8-sided type cylinder in the rear. 
>>>>> Other than a "type cylinder" instead of a "type box" and no 
>>>>> platen, the printing mechanism is very similar to the Teletype 
>>>>> Corp. M28.
>>>>>
>>>>>  It is a very compact machine. When it works, it is great, but 
>>>>> when it doesn't, it can be very hard to work on!
>>>>>
>>>>> Have fun,
>>>>>
>>>>> Duncan,
>>>>> K2OEQ
>>>>>
>>>>> On 07-May-22 22:54, Jones, Douglas W wrote:
>>>>>> From:  Joe Duszyński [joeduszynski1 at gmail.com] -- Saturday, May 
>>>>>> 7, 2022 9:06 PM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> So I'm curious is it like a Daisy wheel or a DMP or some sort of 
>>>>>>> belted letters?
>>>>>> The MITE, like the Model 33, has a type cylinder that rotates and 
>>>>>> slides in order to pick the letter it prints. Unlike the 33, the 
>>>>>> cylinder in the MITE is on a horizontal axis parallel to the line 
>>>>>> it is printing, and if I recall correctly, the hammer hits the 
>>>>>> paper from behind instead of typing against a rubber platten the 
>>>>>> way classic typewriters do.  The type cylinder has just 8 
>>>>>> characters around it, and it is keyed to the shaft it rides on to 
>>>>>> select which letter faces the paper. So that shaft rotates while 
>>>>>> the cylinder slides from side to side to select the letter in a 
>>>>>> row of 8 (for a 64 character alphabet).  The hammer is narrow and 
>>>>>> hits the paper from behind against the ribbon and cylinder to 
>>>>>> print the desired letter.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It's very clever, and like Teletypes, it's mostly mechanical 
>>>>>> decoding.  Not at all like a daisy wheel printer or the belted 
>>>>>> printers (GE Terminet, for example), technologies that only 
>>>>>> really became possible when you could pack a small computer worth 
>>>>>> of electronics into the printer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>              Doug Jones
>>>>>>              jones at cs.uiowa.edu
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