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I had this machine connected to a news feed for years.[1] It's the mechanism from a Model 14 Teletype tape printer. It's still in my living room, and the tape feeds out into a wire basket. It's driven by a Python program running on an old EeePC subnotebook.

[1] https://aetherltd.com/refurbishing14.html



That is absolutely fantastic. I've always wanted to get my hands on one to mimic a ticker-tape with updating stock/crypto prices. One day!

Also, EeePC is something I haven't heard about in so long. That took me back!


Beautiful machine.




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