[GreenKeys] Can anyone identify this machine

[Pete Lancashire]

Don't have the parts manual with me but I remember looking at one edition
there was a wider variation

On Feb 20, 2018 1:58 PM, "Alf Fisher" <alffisher2 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
> Thanks for all your input.
> I have no connection with this machine; I just found it on ebay uk.
> The guy is advertising it a GPO No. 2A but I suspected it was a Teletype
> model and not anything from the British Post Office.
> It looks pretty rough and the picture quality is not good so you cant make
> out details on the ID plate.
> Its item number is 352284306719 if its possible for you to see it - I know
> this doesn't always work across some countries.
> He tells a good story about how he modified the tape path because he
> couldn't get tape of the correct width.
> I could copy his text if anyone is interested but cant see it online.
>
> 73, Alf
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: John Nagle
> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2018 9:16 AM
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Can anyone identify this machine
>
> From: "Alf Fisher"<alffisher2 at gmail.com>
>> Subject: [GreenKeys] Can anyone identify this machine
>>
>> Please can anyone identify this machine.
>>
>> 73, Alf, G3WSD
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>
> That's an unusual machine. It's basically a Teletype Model 14 tape
> printer.  I have several of those.  But for some reason, it was built
> as a modified machine to print on the tape usually used in
> reperforators.  It's not a reperforator; there's no punch
> mechanism.  Nor is it a reperforator from which the punch has
> been removed.  The tape feed mechanism and shift system are
> like a Model 14 (the tape position shifts), and the tape
> guides are similar to, but wider, than those for the standard
> 5/16" or 3/8" tape.
>
> Notice the two spacebars.  That's very unusual.
>
> It looks repairable.  Worth repairing as an exotic
> variant. What typebars does it have? Punctuation?
> Fractions?  Weather symbols?
>
> John Nagle
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