Thanks to Tony and Dwight for their advice on
repairing my ailing teletype model 33 ASR. It is now
functioning correctly.
The problem turned out to be the trip lever which had
come unseated from its guide, plus a mal-adjusted
distributor. The distributor clutch was permanently
engaged, not synchronized with the keyboard.
Characters printed OK when holding REPT because the
keyboard reset concided with the start of the
distributor cycle, bringing them both into sync while
REPT was held down.
I should have realized this before as I watched that
distributor whiz round and round... D'oh. Anyway now
it runs a lot quieter too and the carriage responds
crisply to keystrokes after all that cleaning.
Dave
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Received on Fri Nov 29 2002 - 23:38:00 GMT