dfh@mcnc.UUCP (06/22/83)
I am submitting the following note for someone without access to netnews. Please reply to him, and not to me. Thanks, David Hinnant N.C. Educational Computing Service ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!dfh I have been having trouble with the ribbon advance mechanism on a TTY, Model 43 KSR. Sometimes the ribbon fails to advance when the print-head is on its return movement. TTY serviceman came out, cleaned the machine and replaced the ribbon, claim- ing that the problem was due to our *not* using a proper ribbon with a Teletype part no, that the ribbon was probably "stretched", etc.,etc. The ribbons we have been using have the following legend on the case: "Mfd. under license from Western Electric Co. U.S. Pat. # 4.046.247. Made in USA 240". Am I wrong to assume that Western would be able to supply the specifications for ribbons for use on TTY43s and that the license implies that the ribbons so packaged meet these specs? I assume that Western and Teletype and Bell Labs are [still] talking to each other. Neverthless, a call to Skokie simply confirms that the NIH syndrome is endemic in Teletype Corp. Can anyone comment on this? T. W. Hildebrandt University of North Carolina at Greensboro ucbvax!decvax!mcnc!tucc!twhgbo