On 2 March 2016 at 17:50, <ste...@malikoff.com> wrote: > The I/O for the machine was (I believe) an ASR-35 the bigger brother to the > ASR-33. I couldn't take it, it was > wedged in behind the other racks and I had only a limited amount of time to > load the equipment before I had to > head back interstate to home. I did not see any sign of the optional I/O > Selectrics shown in the brochure, as I > would definately have liked to have found those if I could have! I don't > think this machine had them, only the > ASR-35, as no printout I found appeared to be done by a Selectric. > You definitely want that 35ASR. They're absolute tanks, and you could probably bring it back up with a bit of oil and grease from its current state (I exaggerate somewhat).
The Model 35 series of Teletypes just isn't as common as the Model 33 machines (though I think the "rarest" 35 right now is either the 35KSR or 35RO; with the 35ASR being more common). They are definitely worthwhile to have, since their mechanism is more robust and sturdy than the mechanism of the Model 33, since the Model 35 is based on the older (5-bit) Model 28 mechanisms (extended to 8-bit). Cheers, Christian -- Christian M. Gauger-Cosgrove STCKON08DS0 Contact information available upon request.