Eugene,

I believe Teletype Corp.'s first receiving perforator (aka reperforator) was  the "RPE" aka "Single Magnet Reperforator" (Bulletin No. 162; Jan 1940).  This is shown on pages 73-75 of Nick's 1948 "Teletype Equipment Description Sheets".  This box sat on a little dolly under the M19 table.

At some point (c1940-46),  the original FP strip printer was modified to also punch tape and became the FPR Typing Reperforator. The RPE box that sat under the M19 was then modified to take the FPR reperf - see pp 77-79.  The fact that both "tall reperfs" are in the same 1946 listing implies the RPE was being replaced by the FPR in this time period.

Also note that there were a lot of "Model 14" variations, so one must be careful about making general statements about "M14" units!

There was also a shelf available for the M19 table that mounted above the TD to hold a FPR.

Have fun & Happy New Year

Duncan
K2OEQ


On 27-Dec-23 16:06, W2HX wrote:

Great catalog! Very concise and easy to understand the products. Well done, Teletype Corporation!

 

 

73 Eugene W2HX
My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos

 

From: Nick England <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2023 3:49 PM
To: W2HX <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] TTY XMS MSG de AWA

 

Here’s the 1948 Sears Christmas Catalog of M14/15 equipment 

https://www.navy-radio.com/manuals/tty/sales/tty-descr-iss2-4806.pdf




Nick

 

 

On Wed, Dec 27, 2023 at 2:37 PM W2HX <[email protected]> wrote:

These videos got me thinking about M14/19 perforators. It appears that these perforators did create full chad punched tape. Was there ever a reperf (for that M14/19 era) that ran off the current loop and could produce full chad tape? Or was this only achievable through the keyboard-driven perforator?

 

 

73 Eugene W2HX
My Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@w2hx/videos