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OBJECT TYPE: 8 ASCII/PAGE/KSR
DATE: 1966–1980
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1986.0712.001

MANUFACTURER: Teletype Corp.
MODEL: 37
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 689(CODE YB800)
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PUNCHED STEEL FRAMES AND SMALL PARTS/ SHAFTS, GEARS AND CAMS, MACHINED STEEL AND PLASTIC/ CASE, PRESSED STEEL/ KEY TOPS AND KEYBOARD, COVER PLASTIC.

Dimensions

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

Length: 48.5 cm
Width: 47.0 cm
Height: 28.5 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: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1966 THROUGH EARLY 1980'S
Canada: NIL
Function: Used primarily as a passive / nonprogrammable terminal to access main frame computers where hard copies of all transactions were required.
Technical: ONE OF THE LAST SERIES OF TELEPRINTERS BASED ON MOTOR DRIVEN MECHANISMS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DECAL ON FRONT: 'STC/ DATA SYSTEMS'/ MFR'S PLATE INSIDE: 'MF'D BY TELETYPE CORP. SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A./ YB 800/ CODE/ 889 SER. NO./ TELETYPE/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ REG. CAN. PAT. OFF./ REG. PHIL. PAT. OFF./ TRADEMARK REG. [REPEATED IN 5 LANGUAGES]'/ 2ND MFG. PLATE: 'MFD BY TELETYPE CORP./ SKOKIE, ILLINOIS, U.S.A./ U.S. PATENTS/ 2566031 2568249/ 2477064/ 2595745/ 2624799 2666095/ 2667256 2667533/ 2678118 2697505/ 3033926/ OTHER PATENTS PENDING/ TELETYPE/ [REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. ETC. IDENTICAL TO OTHER PLATE ABOVE]'/ DECAL IN LID: 'FOR SPECIAL HANDLING OF MAINTENANCE PARTS CALL: R.C. SIMON SALES SERVICE DEPT. TELETYPE CORPORATION/ 5555 TROUHY AVE., SKOKIE, ILL. AREA CODE 312 OR-6-1000'. CONTROL BUTTONS: ‘PROCEED' ‘INTERRUPT' ‘PAPER/ADVANCE' ‘LOCAL/RETURN' ‘PAPER/OUT' ‘HERE IS' ‘END LINE'/ KEYBOARD: TOP ROW: ‘<</ {[/ !1/ "2/ #3/ $4/ %5/ &6/ ‘7/ (8/ )9/ 0/ = -/ US - -/ GS 11/ RS ~^/ FS | \ / ‘; 2ND ROW: ‘TAB/ >>/ DC1 Q/ ETB W/ ENQRY E/ DC2 R/ DC4 T/ EM Y/ NAK U/ 1/ SI O/ DLE P/ 1 @/ RETURN/ BACK SPACE/ NULL'; 3RD ROW: ‘PREFIX/ SHIFT LOCK/ SOH A/ DC3 S/ EOT D/ ACK F/ BELL G/ H/ J/ V TAB K/ PAGE L/ +;/ *:/ LINE SPACE/ DELETE'; 4TH ROW: ‘CONTRL/ SHIFT/ SUB Z/ CANCL X/ ETX C/ SYNC V/ STX B/ SO N/ M/ ,,/ ../ ?/ / SHIFT/ CONTRL'
Missing: TYPING UNIT TO BASE SCREWS/ BASE TO CABINET SCREWS/ BROKEN SCREW AND MISSING NUT THAT CONNECTS LEFT RIBBON ADVANCING ARM TO PRINT ACTUATOR SHAFT. From CA of 10/18/1996 by Kevin Machan: Yes - Missing: pr. right latching mechanism for access panel.
Finish: CASE, DARK GREY RIPPLE ENAMEL/ KEYBOARD CASE, OFF WHITE ENAMEL AND WHITE PLASTIC, LIGHT GREY KEYS.
Decoration: STC LABEL, LEFT FRONT/ BRUSHED ALUMINUM PAPER HOLDER ABOVE KEYBOARD.

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Teletype Corp., Teleprinter, circa 1966–1980, Artifact no. 1986.0712, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0712.001/

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