[vcf-midatlantic] Interest in Baudot teletype Model 15, 28ASR for a VCF East 2024 exhibit?

[Daveyk021]

In the early 80s, I had a full size model 28 ASR.  I had it interfaced to
my 2 meter rig in Harrisburg, PA, when I was going to school there.  There
was an expert on them that lived in York, PA at the time.  I cannot
remember his first name, Dave I think.  He helped me a lot with them.  Back
then, I could tear them apart and "mechanically program" them to respond to
"pic" and my call sign.  So it could sit there and chatter without printing
unless either of those two words came through.   I think Dave got me a lot
of blank decoding keys that were programmed by breaking a finger off (I
honestly don't remember, maybe it was bending the fingers).  I could have
it save a joke picture (we would call them a meme today) to paper tape and
re-send it back out via paper tape.

It was fully functional and worked perfectly.  Then after school I got my
first (and only job) and life happened.  It was in my brother's basement.
He wanted it out and I didn't have room or time for it.  We managed to get
it out of the basement and in his van (the fricking thing was huge and
heavy).  It went to a local scrap yard here in Lewistown, PA.  I mean, back
then, it was old, I had a dot matrix computer printer and a computer.  Who
would ever want that old junk?  Duh!!! It makes me sick thinking of it
going to a scrap yard along with my Model 19 and model 33 ASR. Sad.  The
same thing happened with, now, vintage computers I had in the early 2000s.
I can still my Model 4 and H89 in the hole in the local dump.

So sad, and now I retry to relive part of my earlier life by fixing vintage
puters.

So, YES, I want to see a fully functional Model 28 ASR at the fest and chat
about them.

Dave

On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 5:44 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> Someone is asking if there is interest in an exhibit at VCF East 2024 with
> working baudot teletypes. Model 15, Model 28ASR. What say you?
>
> Jeff Brace
> VCF National Board Member Chairman & Vice President
> Vintage Computer Festival East Showrunner
> VCF Mid-Atlantic Event Manager
> Vintage Computer Federation is a 501c3 charity
> https://vcfed.org/ <http://www.vcfed.org/>
> jeffrey at vcfed.org
>