General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FRAMES AND BEARING SUPPORTS OF THE TELEPRINTER DEVICES, ALUMINUM/ SMALL PARTS PRESSED AND/OR MACHINED CASE HARDENED STEEL

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

91.4 cm

Width

60.0 cm

Height

106.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telegraphy

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Teletype

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Chicago

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1948 TO 1965

Canada

Unknown

Function

TO RECEIVE & TRANSLATE TELEGRAPH SIGNALS INTO A PRINTED FORMAT ON PAPER PAGE AND TO SEND AUTOMATIC, MAXIMUM CIRCUIT SPEED TELEGRAPH SIGNALS BY MEANS OF PERFORATED PAPER TAPE PREPARED BY MACHINE OPERATOR. OPERATOR WOULD PERFORATE THE OUTGOING TRAFFIC WHILE RECEIVING PRINTED INCOMING COPY.

Technical

A FULLY DEVELOPED COMMUNICATION DEVICE. ASSEMBLED FROM AVAILABLE MODULES, IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST EFFICIENT COMMUNICATIONS PKG OF THE 1935-1950 PERIOD. CHEAPER, FASTER MECHANICAL UNITS REPLACED IT FOR A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD BEFORE COMPUTER DRIVEN DATA NETWORKS USING SOFTWARE TO REPLACE MOST OF THE MECHANICAL PARTS APPEARED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

TELETYPE CORPORATION LABELS AND INSTRUCTION LABELS.

Missing

BACK COVER FROM TABLE/ NEW PRINTER COVER/ TRANSMITTER DISTRIBUTOR MODIFIED

Finish

INTERNAL COMPONENTS NATURAL FINISH/ PRINTER COVER, GREY/ GREEN WRINKLE TRANSMITTER DISTRIBUTOR/ TABLE, BLACK WRINKLE/ POWER SUPPLY, GLOSS BLACK

Decoration

NIL