@quirpco Actually, they did not break down much. When kept well lubricated, you could expect them to crank out copy 24/7 for years. They are remarkably well-engineered machines.
@douro20 If this were a Model 15 machine, you would be correct. However the Model 20 was designed for upper and lower-case use. The 5-level Baudot code has only upper-case letters, so the Model 20 uses 6-level TTS code.
I've been in radio and TV since the early 1970s. I really really miss the sound of these machines, clattering away in the newsroom.
I did work at a TV station which had one that would print upper and lower case. We only used it to receive horse racing results, which -- if I remember correctly -- came from UPI. The other machine was the regular upper-case only type, which brought us AP news, weather, sports, etc.
Wow, did these things break down a lot?
quirpco 1 month ago
@quirpco Actually, they did not break down much. When kept well lubricated, you could expect them to crank out copy 24/7 for years. They are remarkably well-engineered machines.
buzbee1 1 month ago
@buzbee1 That's great. You don't see much of that kind of quality anymore.
quirpco 1 month ago
is it built of relays or transistors?
ZeusDeusEx 3 months ago in playlist Fler videoklipp från buzbee1
What a maintenance nightmare! But SUCH a cool machine...
dcatransit 9 months ago
The encoding vanes actually carry the data to be printed in Baudot code.
douro20 1 year ago
@douro20 If this were a Model 15 machine, you would be correct. However the Model 20 was designed for upper and lower-case use. The 5-level Baudot code has only upper-case letters, so the Model 20 uses 6-level TTS code.
buzbee1 1 year ago
@vaporland
They both are.
douro20 1 year ago
Fascinating. That's a lot of mechanical moving parts!
jtel 1 year ago
I've been in radio and TV since the early 1970s. I really really miss the sound of these machines, clattering away in the newsroom.
I did work at a TV station which had one that would print upper and lower case. We only used it to receive horse racing results, which -- if I remember correctly -- came from UPI. The other machine was the regular upper-case only type, which brought us AP news, weather, sports, etc.
KMBCGeno 1 year ago
This seems slightly below 66 WPM, maybe 65 - I measured the total OPM (operations per minute) to be 394.5 (approx.).
wmbrown6 2 years ago
This thing is certainly simpler than the newer machines with the "hunt-and-peck" printing mechanism.
douro20 2 years ago
Have you ever thought of converting this to a 66wpm machine? You just have to change a gear.
douro20 2 years ago
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alimcx 2 years ago