Below are some of the odds and ends I bought. For some reason the margin bell and the bell that can be rung remotely via a baudot command was missing as well.
Got some missing parts for my Model 15 Teletype, including some key caps. Believe it or not, there is this guy in California that has a shed full of parts for these things. I emailed him what I wanted (using the part #'s from the manuals) and he found what I was looking for and sent them to me for a modest price.
Below are some of the odds and ends I bought. For some reason the margin bell and the bell that can be rung remotely via a baudot command was missing as well.
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Yesterday I picked up this Teletype Corporation Model 15 teletypewriter at a local garage sale. Apparently the owner picked it up at a Goodwill auction about 20 years ago for $75.00. He intended on making a steampunk type setup with a raspberry PI or Arduino driver to display twitter or other messages on the machine, but never got around to it.
After some intense negotiation (friendly, but intense), I managed to walk away with it, and a Teletype Modem for $150. He knew it was going to a good home, so I think that helped. I promised to email mail him pictures and links once it was restored and operating. It appears to be missing some components, so it will take some time to restore. There is no SEND/REC/BREAK switch, and both the margin and alert bells are missing. The control relay is missing as well, however it is not clear as to whether or not all this was because it was cannibalized to fix another teletype, or it was a variation in design. This will be fun to play with. I love these old electro-mechanical devices. This one looks a lot simpler, though still fiendishly complicated, than the insides of the ASR33 I have. |
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