[GreenKeys] "Lorenz" teleprinter on eBay

[John Nagle]

On 2/22/2012 3:33 PM, greenkeys-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:33:53 -0500
> From: David Burns<dvdbrns at rcn.com>

>
> I've offered the opinion before, but I'll do it again...I'm almost
> certain this fellow in Italy...
> Teletype Lorenz Western 1920 Union. Typewriter
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&_trksid=p4340.l2557&hash=item43ad37ba48&item=290668919368&nma=true&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&rt=nc&si=oVu0jtgZz9Z3E9wt%252BTNxa3GeRdc%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc>
> is the source of the marketplace distortion.  He's been listing this
> since June 2011, and I think everybody who suddenly discovers they've
> got a teletype to sell takes this as an indication of interest in the
> marketplace.

    Oh, that thing again.  That's not a "Lorenz" machine.  It's a
Teletype Model 14. Lorenz did license the rights to build those
machines, but this one has a plate that says "Manufactured by
Teletype Corporation, Chicago, Illinois".

    An actual Lorenz machine of that period would be exotic and
perhaps valuable.  The Lorenz machines had a 4-row keyboard.
Here's a real one:

http://www.teleprinter.net/english/inhalt/t2.shtml


				John Nagle