So, I recently salvaged a pair of ASR 33s and a PDP-8/I from a research lab
where I work. A few folks chimed in on the "anybody want this" thread, but I
happened to be the lucky winner (not lucky for my back or my basement, but they
will be fun restoration projects.)
One of the engineers here asked if there were any teletype rolls along with
these and if so that they be salvaged because "...it is broadly lossy to rf and
can be used as an rf termination load."
When asked a little further if this was teletype rolls in particular, she
replied yes, and that this was something she had picked up in former work as an
RF engineer at Varian, from a previous generation of crafty engineers.
I thought this was pretty interesting, and that the list here might have a
cross-section of folks who might comment. Anybody heard of this before?
Hmmm, teletypes *and* RF -- sounds like something Marc might want to check
out... :-)
cheers,
--FritzM.
