That's really interesting!  I would've figured something like that would be meant for portable computer terminal use, but I notice that it still has an answer back drum, so, I guess it was used for portable TWX communication...   

On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 06:10:23 AM CDT, John Foust via GreenKeys <[email protected]> wrote:


At 03:40 PM 3/15/2022, Duncan Brown wrote:
>Eugene, The M31 was probably the smallest teletypewriter ever made. (being a tape printer rather than a page printer helps!) It was originally designed for the military (TT-30/AGA) with a 24VDC motor/dynamotor for mobile & aircraft use..Â

I'd always be interested to learn more about the oddity I got
from Jim Taylor K9JT back in 2015, what seems to be a 33 in a
tiny portable hard shell case: no paper tape.  Don Robert House
thought it was a model 33 compact.

Pics at https://imgur.com/a/zAHchbb .

Maybe I'm not using the right search terms, but is there
another one like it described anywhere on the internets?


- John