[GreenKeys] Model 32/33 story

[Jim Haynes]

I once attended a conference at Bell Labs where engineers from throughout
the Bell System talked about their projects.  Art Hagstron of Teletype
was one of the principals of Model 32/33,  His talk "A New Product for
a New Market" was about the 32/33 line and how they served a market for
an inexpensive light duty TWX and Telex terminal.  He began with a story
by the editor of Machine Design magazine.

The editor had been invited after WW-II to come to White Sands Proving
Ground and observe the firing of German V-2 rockets.  There were German
rocket guys on hand to answer questions.  Observing the white-hot exhaust
from the rocket nozzle he asked what material it was made of.  "Stahl"
[steel] they told him "Eisen Stahl" [iron steel].  "But how does ordinary
steel withstand that tremendous heat?"  "Drei minuten!" was the answer.
It only has to last for three minutes!

And so, for a teleprinter that is to be used only a couple of hours a day
at most, there is no need to heat-treat harden all the metal and have it 
nickel plated.

Of course we know that when the minicomputer manufacturers discovered
Model 33 they were often in service 24/7, but that's another story.

 	---

 	"Ya can argue all ya wanna, but it's dif'rent than it was."
 	"No it ain't! No it ain't!  But ya gotta know the territory."
 		Meredith Willson, The Music Man