General Information

Serial #

015638

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

CAST METAL (NON-FERROUS) BASE & FRAME/ MOLDED PLASTIC CASING/ STAMPED STEEL CODE BARS & SELECTOR ASSEMBLY/ METAL & SYNTHETIC GEARS/ SYNTHETIC RUBBER DRIVE BELT & PLATEN/ SYNTHETIC KEYS, CONTROL BUTTONS, PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ PAPER ROLL

Dimensions

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

Length

48.0 cm

Width

46.7 cm

Height

24.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Teletype

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Skokie

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

GENERAL: 1960-1970/ SPECIFIC: AFTER 1963

Canada

AN AMERICAN MADE TELEPRINTER, ONE OF SEVERAL USED AS TERMINALS WITH THE CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT FERRANTI-PACKARD FP6000 COMPUTER, WHICH WAS THE FIRST AFFORDABLE MEDIUM-SIZED TIME-SHARING & MULTI-PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER MADE IN CANADA

Function

A COMPUTER INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE, USED TO RECEIVE CODE & CONVERT IT TO PAGE COPY; THE KEYBOARD PRODUCES AN ASCII SIGNAL TO INPUT INSTRUCTIONS TO THE COMPUTER

Technical

A TELEPRINTER DESIGNED TO RECEIVE TELEGRAPHIC CODE,ADAPTED TO BE USED AS AN EARLY MAINFRAME COMPUTER INTERFACE DEVICE. THIS MODEL WAS DESIGNED TO BE LOW COST, QUIET, & SUITABLE FOR AN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT. IT WAS MFD. WITH LOW COST PUNCH PRESSED PARTS, PLASTIC GEARS & CASE, & WAS VERY SIMILAR TO A TYPEWRITER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECAL ON BASE AT BACK READING 'TELETYPE CORPORATION/ MODEL 33/ SUPPLY INPUT: 115V 60 A.C. 4 AMP. MAX./ SIGNAL INPUT: 50V MAX. D.C. 0.1 AMP. MAX'/ WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS, BLACK LETTERING ON CONTROL BUTTONS/ BLUE & WHITE STICKER READING IN BLACK 'MY GROUP HAD 29% FEWER TEETH'

Missing

N/A

Finish

UNFINISHED BASE/ GREY CASING/ OFF-WHITE PRINTER COVER WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOW/ GREY PAINTED CONTROL PANEL WITH WHITE & COLOURLESS BUTTONS/ GREY KEYS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC RUBBER/ BEIGE PAPER

Decoration

TELETYPE LOGO ON PRINTER COVER