seeking info on ASR-33 interface board

From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com>
Date: Wed Aug 4 00:45:51 2004

On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Brian Knittel wrote:

> In the electronics bay on the right hand side, there's a printed
> circuit board that runs from front to back. It's definitely a power
> supply, and probably also an RS-232 to current loop converter. In
> front is the line/off/local switch, and in back are several large
> Molex connectors. I was surprised to see this printed on the circuit
> board:
>
> MITS INC
> TELETYPE INTERFACE BOARD
> REVISION 0
> COPY RIGHT 1976
>
> Does anybody know if this the Altair MITS? The date seems about
> right.

It most likely is. What a cool find!

> Was it common to produce custom internals like this for teletypes?

I believe so, but someone more knowledgeable should chime in.

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