[GreenKeys] Mite in Orange, CT - $50

[Duncan Brown]

Joe,

I had never seen that model MITE before!  Apparently a portable ASCII 
terminal, but they are using the original hexagonal printing cylinder as 
it only prints upper case! (lower case ASCII is converted to upper case).

I wonder about the seller's "70s" date. I was trained on the tactical 
MITEs in the Army in late 1967 and we were told they had gone out of 
business and it was hard to get parts. (Maybe MITE had just stopped 
production of the military units? Or maybe they were resurrected to cash 
in on the computer market?)
An Internet search did turn up two mentions of this terminal in Nov 1972 
& Jan 1973 "Computerworld" magazine issues, so "1970s" is legitimate.

This unit does not have a motor (just solenoids &/or steppers?).  There 
is an article in RTTY Journal, May-June 1976, on the MITE Model 119A, a 
miniature printer that only typed 26 characters per line. It had no 
motor and instead used 9 solenoids for all mechanical functions.

(I am not bidding on it, AWA is mainly interested in communications, not 
computer, equipment.)

Have fun & thanks,

Duncan
K2OEQ



On 23-Aug-20 01:18, Joe Clanin wrote:
> I see it is also item # 133500330419 on that auction site.
>
> -Joe
>
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2020 at 12:14 AM Joe Clanin <macbax1 at gmail.com 
> <mailto:macbax1 at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     No affiliation with the seller, etc. Pictures attached for those
>     who do not wish to follow the link.
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>     https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/631277617593113/
>
>     -Joe
>
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