[GreenKeys] What to do with this 28

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Hello all

I’d like to get some opinions from the group on a piece I have here.

It’s a Model 28 receive-only page printer mechanism, FAA-tagged from a 
depot rebuild dated 1982. From what I’ve been told—and it makes 
sense—these were part of a rotation system where units were swapped out, 
rebuilt at the depot, and sent back into service. My assumption is this 
one went through that process late in the game and, for whatever reason, 
never made it back into active use.

How it ended up with me is a bit of a mystery, but here it is.

Condition-wise, it looks very clean—certainly consistent with a depot 
job—and I don’t believe it’s been powered since. It still has paper on 
it and appears complete as a mechanism.

I’m at a bit of a crossroads with it and would appreciate some perspective:

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    Part of me says leave it exactly as-is and just preserve it

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    Part of me would like to find a stand, power it up, and maybe feed
    it some of the current RTTY/Internet traffic just for the experience

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    And part of me wonders if it really belongs with someone who will
    take it further than I will

I’m not trying to sell it here—just trying to figure out the right 
direction before I do anything irreversible.

Curious what you all think.

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