Teleprint 390

Tim Shoppa shoppa_classiccmp at trailing-edge.com
Sun Jul 10 17:02:33 CDT 2005


> There are also a lot of different wiring options for the machine.....

That's what has always baffled me.  There's a magnet driver, for the
printing mechanism.  There's an open/close switch, for the keyboard.
There are analogous things for the punch too.

But... there are literally hundreds of contacts spread out between
a dozen or so Molex connectors inside the machine.  I realize that
these handle every option under the sun, and probably a couple other
suns that I've never seen too.  But turning such a simple electomecahical
machine into such a maze of plugs must've taken a couple of committees.

Tim.


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