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Subject: Any functional Model 8 or 14 Linotypes near eastern South Dakota?

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Dave Dahle

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Date Posted: 21:58:12 08/09/02 Fri

I have seen these fine machines (a 14 in a museum in Mohall, ND, another 14 in a museum in Devils Lake, ND, and 2 14s and a 8 in the former SD School for the Deaf classroom building here in Sioux Falls) but the 2 in ND are not hooked up. The one in Mohall had not been used in years and looks like it was not moved carefully as a few matrices have pi'd onto the keyboard, and the one in Devils Lake while still in the building it was installed in has also been disconnected and is practically shrinkwrapped in an effort to keep it clean (??), and the 3 at SDSD have since been demolished :'(

ANYHOW, I would LOVE to see one of these 2 models in action... and I have a friend who used to operate a Linotype who would like to see one in operation also for old times' sake (he shared an anecdote where he was running one with a teletypesetter and dozed off for a few minutes to wake up with the galley completely full, and when he went to check the machine over, he said the magazine was actually warm to the touch from the matrices...)

So... if there are any 8s or 14s that are still functional within a 400 mile radius from Sioux Falls, my friend and I would like to know!

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Linotype near Sioux Falls	Pat Johannes	15:00:59 09/01/02 Sun

Linotype near Sioux Falls	Patrick Leary	01:16:14 10/06/02 Sun