[GreenKeys] Lamp bulb in M15 table...

[Joe Herdler]

FWIW, I have one of those old model 15s that did service as a TTY for a deaf person. It has a lamp with an amber lens that (I assume) would light up when the phone modem was activated.
The person who had the machine before me told me that it was in his mother's bedroom until the day she passed. Then it stayed behind the stairs for years before I obtained it. The "mailbox" case has plenty of room for extras like light bulb holders and such.
Best,
Joe

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      From: Kenneth Gartland <trnsrme at gmail.com>
 To: greenkeys <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net> 
 Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2017 11:16 AM
 Subject: [GreenKeys] Lamp bulb in M15 table...
   
Hi all!
I'll take an "Educated guess" at this one...
Quite possibly this machine may have seen service for the hard of hearing society, they placed many surplus'd M15's in homes of the hearing impairedor deaf...
I have seen several of these machines equipped withsimilar lamp set up, but as there is no room on a standardM15 table, it was usually external...
They​ 15 indicator lamp was turned "On" by an incomingcall thru the fone modem...
It wud stay on until manually switched off, or the call"Cleared"...
In the case of this machine, it, the lamp, was placed inside the stand...
It is quite possible the machine had been originallyinstalled at or near the head of a set ofstairs, where it cud be easily seen from below...
Just speculation on my part!
Jordan's theory of the lamp being in the M19 tableused as a DC ballast lamp makes sense...
The 19' sets used a variety of power suppliesincluding the REC13, which cud power a warehousefull of tty's!
73'
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