TELETYPE MODEL 28 KSR COPYING THE QUICK BROWN FOX - MUSEUM OF COMMUNICATIONS SEATTLE WA

Here is a 3 speed Teletype Model 28 KSR copying from 3 different test sentence generators otherwise known as 'the fox'. Here you can see the noticeable difference in sound and cadence of a Teletype in action. Speed is changed with a gear shift mechanism while advancing the type manually by rotating the fly wheel on the motor.

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Education

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• TELETYPE
• 28 KSR
• FOX
• TEST GENERATOR
• RTTY
• VINTAGE TELEPHONE

[Videobarbs]

I used to type on one of these. I loved the sound those "telexes" made. My savings/loan had one in their lobby and you could stand and watch the different stories coming in - circa 1962.

If it was a bulletin, the typing would be started with a bell-like "ding,ding, ding" indicating that it was something real important from AP or UPI like JFK assassination or a plane crash.

[museumofcomm]

That is the origin of the "News Flash" - 5 successive signal bells and then tag line. Did you see the news of the JFK assassination come across the wire?

[psplayer89]

you can still hear it on 1010 WINS in NYC :)

[heavisidelayer]

music to my ears !!

[Froggy19510]

I still have my 28. I am getting it back on the air. Hope to have it by end of summer.

[timewzrd3]

This was like the ancient fax machine, right.

[wmbrown6]

@dbentley18 - Naw, I detect a few Model 15's among those used on the 1010 WINS SFX.

[dbentley18]

It sounds like what they play on 1010 WINS here in New York City

[douro20]

These machines use a much different mechanism from the 14 or the 15.

[wmbrown6]

This "clean" sound of the Model 28 in "60" mode (I measured it as 368 OPM) sounds not too dissimilar to the custom-made teletype sound heard for years on WCBS Newsradio 88 in New York. It does seem there's a difference in sound quality among the 14, 15 and 28 models. Most teletype SFX I've heard were recorded from a 15.