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Before spending a lot of time and frustration in trying to build the old
Don Lancaster TV-Typewriter project in any of
the several iterations, please read the information in the URL below.
http://everything.explained.today/TV_Typewriter/
Looking at the Lancaster design now........in 2016..............it
hardly looks like a intelligent investment in time nor money.
And there are several "Show-And-Tell" videos about the TV Typewriter on YouTube,
plus several Internet postings under Radio Electronics magazine (TV Typewriter)
that show the "innards" of the device, including photos of the motherboard and the
4 pr 5 other PCB's that comprise the complete unit.
Additionally, I wonder where one could obtain the special keyboard (Lancaster design, later
manufactured by SWTP). And I think I have seen several versions of the "motherboard"
that were both epoxy-glass and XXXP paper material.
Lancaster spent his last days in a "home" for seniors, and I'm not sure that he was in
a position to correspond with the general public.
His projects and publications were inspiring to a lot of people........including me.
I still have a few of his publications, and I still refer to them when I get "stuck".
Good luck on this project!
Regards,
Roland F. Harriston, P.D.
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Arguments, contradictions, profanity, etc. are welcomed.
Regards,
agree with much of what you said in principle. For me, this project is just about creating something you cannot buy.
I did have an exchange going with Don Lancaster at one point. Don is the one who told me the original boards were ‘G10 Green’. However on my third email (spaced about six months apart), he stopped replying. And he would not answer questions about the case design either. I still don’t know if the top of the case is wood or metal. I’m hoping I’ve not offended him – ie. maybe he doesn’t want a replica of his prototype out there.