On Tue, April 12, 2016 23:55, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove wrote: > On 12 April 2016 at 15:55, E. Groenenberg <e...@groenenberg.net> wrote: >> First thing I did was to replace the gooed up rubber hammer, only to >> find out that my replacements were also starting to deteriorate :( >> (but still stiff enough to be usable for some print test). >> I can either use a piece of hose or one of those little self adhesive >> rubber feet. >> > So, first thing's first, I'll going to provide you with this link the > the GreenKeys mailing list. They know pretty much everything about > Teletype machines, and more importantly one of the list members there > has started making reproduction/replacements for the old Teletype > print hammers. <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/greenkeys> > > Don't go with the adhesive rubber foot, it'll fly off and either hit > you, or lodge in the mechanism and you'll have a bad time. Rubber hose > is the best, unless you decide to buy a new hammer. > > >> Only thing what does not work yet is that the paper reader does not >> start >> when I flip the switch to the 'start' position (it is a 3 position >> switch). >> Any ideas how to make this work? >> > If it has the DEC LT33 modifications, which might be the case if it > used to be part of a DEC system, or was similarly modified by other > manufacturers it will have a reader run relay, which can be triggered > on the DLV11-K. I don't have the pinouts to hand to tell you exactly > which one. If the reader run relay isn't energized the reader won't > run; it's how the computer did flow control when using the reader. >
I know of the Greenkeys list, I joined them 2 weeks ago. I'm going to look for a proper hose in a few days. I remember that I used some years go one of those rubber feet, and it did work well but then I bought some parts from nc.com (when they did stock much more than today), and acquired a few original rubber hammer pads. But all the pads I have have become useless now due to gooeing. It does not have the LT33 modification, although I have seen one once. That punchread mechanism had an extra position. My machine is a more or less 'standard' ASR33. I was not aware of the possible reproduction of rubber hammer pads, I certainly would be interested in some. Ed -- Ik email, dus ik besta. BTC : 1J5fajt8ptyZ2V1YURj3YJZhe5j3fJVSHN LTC : LP2WuEmYPbpWUBqMFGJfdm7pdHEW7fKvDz