[GreenKeys] I bought a "Model 19" on eBay, and need some advice!

[Dan Schlegel]

Hi Jeff!,

Thanks!... That's what I was thinking too, but every picture of a Model 19
I can find has a somewhat different base - one with a solid bottom under
the keyboard - where the Model 15 doesn't. (I was referencing this video
heavily, since I don't have the table and neither do they:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0y-sN_Qwso)

Here's the link to what I bought: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175456296631, as
you can see it has the cover for a 19, but the tty itself has the open base
(which is now all broken up, sadly). And of course they are mismatched
anyway - the base says western union and the cover says AN/FGC-9. I don't
fully understand how the Model 19 perforator and counter connect to the
base, and if those facilities are available on the normal 15 base like this
one. I'll have to do some more digging through the documentation for some
pictures to try to understand it better :).

Take care,

-Dan

On Mon, Oct 31, 2022 at 7:32 PM Jeffrey Golas <jeffg at junknet.net> wrote:

> A model 19 is actually a model 15 with other stuff mounted on a table. If
> you just got the TTY itself, that is a 15.
>
> If you look at the 19 curious marc restored, notice it has a table with it.
>
> Jeff KC3GJX
>
> On Oct 31, 2022, at 7:18 PM, Dan Schlegel <digitalneoplasm at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 
> Good evening,
>
> A week or so ago someone posted about some Model 14/15 stuff on eBay, and
> I was lucky enough to win a few of the items. Of note was a "Model 19"...
> Well, a Model 19 top with broken glass and what looks to me like a Model 15
> underneath.
>
> I just received the item and unfortunately it didn't do well. I was
> worried as soon as I saw the box they used that said "Ultra-Light Bulky
> Stuff" on the side. The keyboard surround was shattered and the keyboard
> itself was all bent up. Except for the A key, all of the key tops survived,
> at least. After some somewhat unpleasant back-and-forth with the seller, it
> seems my shipping will be refunded, so I will have only paid $20 for the
> thing. But now the question becomes: what do I do with it?
>
> Is it possible to convert a Model 15 to a Model 19 by replacing the
> keyboard base with that from a 19, and adding the perforator / counter? If
> so, that sounds like a lot of fun. Then the question becomes: does anyone
> have any of the parts I need? :). (If not, then I guess I have spare parts
> for my 15, and a cover for a 19 I will hope to someday acquire!)
>
> Happy Halloween :)
>
> -Dan
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