[GreenKeys] 37 KSR Black foam goo cleaning

joeyd at modempool.com joeyd at modempool.com
Mon Nov 2 13:12:50 EST 2020


>> So finally got the Teletype and it is infested with decomposed foam 
>> black goo.
> 
> Ugh.  The old Teletype that came with my 1965-vintage PDP-8 was in bad
> shape, it now works, but all we had to do was completely disassemble
> it and use lots of degreaser, then reassemble.  That TTY now works
> pretty well.

Yea I figured it would need torn down.
The PDP-5 has an original rack monitor/keyboard so it isn't going to 
need the teletype for I/O.
The teletype was modified by Digital and I'm having a helluva a time 
finding the schematics for the logic boards as they appear to be custom,
Nothing matches up with the manuals Nick posted and emailed.
I'm going to use the 37 on a Russian computer an SM-1800 which is a 
quite an impossible computer to find even in Russia,
the reason being the 37 type pallet can be modded for Russian I/O so 
I'll probably end up making a custom interface for it.



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