VCF East, ASR33 help wanted

From: Ashley Carder <wacarder_at_usit.net>
Date: Tue Jun 29 10:23:30 2004

Is there going to be a vendor nearby with a supply of ASR-33
parts if needed?


----- Original Message -----
From: "David V. Corbin" <dvcorbin_at_optonline.net>
To: "'General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts'"
<cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:15 AM
Subject: RE: VCF East, ASR33 help wanted


> 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 - 10:23:30 BST