Showing posts with label punch-tape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label punch-tape. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 February 2012

Going Dutch


Adler Tippa. s/n 5458311

10/10 for cool logo. Adler is German for Eagle.

0/10 for brittle plastic body.

Now added to my Eurotrash gallery.

Monday, 11 April 2011

tele-typecasting


Skip to 1:53 to see the workings

Saturday afternoons. Football (soccer) scores came this way - live - to  black and white TV screens. The broadcast was a close-up of the type appearing on the paper roll. On a good day, messages read like this: MANCHESTER UTD 3 MANCHESTER CITY 1.

Teleprinter