[Milsurplus] TG-34 heart beating

[Unserviceable but Repairable]

The subject line shudda sed 

   "D'OH... exciter lamp lens FILTHY"

Alive in oh-five!

Works like a million, er a dozen, bux on a unused tape.

On a war-horse tape, characters are slurred due to paper yellowing.

And (DS), some used tapes were wound upside down and backwards.  GAWD, 
what strange stuff.  Thot it was wireline morse for a some time.

After re-orientation, turned out they were "special traffic practice
tapes."  NEAT!!!!  I confess, had to throttle back to 15wpm to understand
this thru yellowed tape obfuscation.

Ken, how the $#@% can you make new inked tapes these days?  Special
homeland-security continuous worm xerox copier?

No book here, KG.  But the page with alignment both electronic and 
optical wud be fun.  

Tho I think broke both codes, it'd be good to see the book larnin'

Anyway, it's dang neat to watch/hear it work.  Especially since I wasn't
allowed to putz with the GCARA's example as a 1954-model kid.

I did this resurection as a favor, A miraculous favor since no parts 
left over (motah R&R demonic & wdg. salvage luck almost supernatural).

Tho never intended to survive 62 birthdays, must say TG-34 a dang 
ingenious electro-mechanical gizmo!  Now I almost want one.

Hey y'all, come to our local AWA chapter mtg Monday nite & watch 
it dance!  Show 'n tell theme is "oddball stuff"

   'rm