VCF East, ASR33 help wanted

From: David V. Corbin <dvcorbin_at_optonline.net>
Date: Tue Jun 29 10:15:41 2004

I can provide an additional ASR-33 that could use the same......
 

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
>>> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ashley Carder
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:05 AM
>>> To: wh.sudbrink_at_verizon.net; General Discussion: On-Topic
>>> and Off-Topic Posts
>>> Subject: Re: VCF East, ASR33 help wanted
>>>
>>> I've been toying with the idea of driving from South
>>> Carolina to Boston for the VCF. This ASR33 break-down and
>>> rebuild exhibit/contest sounds like it would be worth the drive!
>>>
>>> If I come, I might be a spectator or maybe even bring my
>>> camcorder and tape the activity.
>>>
>>> - Ashley
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Bill Sudbrink" <wh.sudbrink_at_verizon.net>
>>> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
>>> <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:50 AM
>>> Subject: VCF East, ASR33 help wanted
>>>
>>>
>>> > I have an ASR33 that exhibits the following symptoms in
>>> local mode (I
>>> > have not attempted to test online):
>>> >
>>> > 1) Paper will not advance (roller seems to move OK when turned
>>> > by hand)
>>> > 2) Bell will not ring
>>> > 3) When at the start of a line (carriage to the left) it will
>>> > over print several characters before it starts moving to
>>> > the right
>>> > 4) Carriage returns very slowly and sometimes does not make it
>>> > all the way back
>>> > 5) Filthy inside (although not as bad as when I got it... I've
>>> > vacuumed and blown a lot of crud out of it)
>>> > 6) Smells a little funky... not the clean warm oil smell that
>>> > I remember from high school days
>>> >
>>> > As well as being dirty, I suspect that it was improperly
>>> lubricated by
>>> > the previous owner as it seems to be particularly sticky inside.
>>> >
>>> > I also have a nearly new KSR33 from the same source that was
>>> > improperly handled to the extent that its plastic shell
>>> was shattered
>>> > (it was in a cardboard box with some newspaper, none of
>>> the shipping
>>> > bolts in place, and apparently roughly moved around his
>>> ham shack). I
>>> > have made no attempt to power up the KSR (in case stuff
>>> got bent) but
>>> > I think that it could be used as a source of replacements
>>> if some of
>>> > the parts of the ASR are badly worn.
>>> >
>>> > I would like to recruit 3 or 4 knowledgeable and highly motivated
>>> > classiccmpers (motivated by the prospect of DINNER and
>>> BEER on me) at
>>> > VCF East to completely tear down, clean, adjust, lubricate and
>>> > reassemble the ASR. I will supply all of the tools and materials
>>> > (unless you have special purpose tools that will help).
>>> I picture a
>>> > marathon operation, with the experts doing the
>>> disassembly, assembly
>>> > and adjustment work and me with a toothbrush and a pan of
>>> Simple Green
>>> > (or alcohol or kerosene or whatever solvent the experts
>>> > suggest) busily scrubbing parts as they are handed to me.
>>> With four
>>> > guys and one scrubber, could this be accomplished in a couple of
>>> > hours?
>>> >
>>> > Why don't I do this myself?
>>> >
>>> > 1) I don't really have the space. Having the entire interior of a
>>> > hotel room to myself will be something of a luxury to
>>> me (I have
>>> > two kids). Or maybe I can ask Sellam for some space at the
>>> > festival and we can make it a spectator sport. It could even
>>> > become sort of a challenge...
>>> > "The crew at VCF East was able to rebuild an ASR33 in
>>> two hours,
>>> > how fast can the West or Europe do it?"
>>> > 2) I don't have the unbroken periods of time. I have the
>>> fear that I
>>> > would get it all apart, have one of my all too frequent family
>>> > "emergencies" and then have to pack it up, resulting
>>> in lost parts
>>> > when I finally get back to it.
>>> > 3) I'm a gutless wimp. If I get it apart, I'm not sure I
>>> could get
>>> > it all back together, even with the docs. I have
>>> original prints
>>> > of some of the docs and the rest in electronic form.
>>> >
>>> > Email me if interested,
>>> > Thanks,
>>> > Bill
>>> >
>>>
>>>
Received on Tue Jun 29 2004 - 10:15:41 BST