[GreenKeys] Saving paper tapes (was Auto-Pix)

[gil smith]

Hi Ron:

100-pounds of paper tape?  Sheesh, that'll take a while to run!

Send me your shipping address (not a PO box), and I'll get the TD off to 
you.  Just ship it back (or to the next guy) when you are done.

Yes, I still have about eight of the TTY-Connect (bare) PCBs left.  I 
ported the code to a bigger pic (fits the same socket) which allows for 
more code space, and much bigger buffers for the tty i/o.

thanks,

gil


At 08:19 PM 4/24/2006, you wrote:
>Hi Gil,
>
>If the TD isn't spoken for I would like to borrow it.
>I recently rescued about 100 pounds of picture tapes
>from a retired ham that didn't want to mess with them
>anymore. I don't have the space for long term storage
>and unfortunately gave my stand alone TD to another
>list member so your offer is most timely.  I'm more than
>happy to pay shipping both ways.
>
>Thanks,
>Ron  K0IDT
>
>p.s. do you have any of the pc boards and PICS left?
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "gil smith" <gil at baudot.net>
>To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
>Cc: "John Foust" <jfoust at threedee.com>; "David Freeman" <ww8s at zoomshare.com>
>Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 2:59 PM
>Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Saving paper tapes (was Auto-Pix)
>
>
> > Hi folks:
> >
> > I have mentioned this before and had no takers.  If someone wants to save
> > tapes, I will ship you a loaner unit to make it easy (just ship it back
> > when you are done).  One catch:  you must make the pic files public, by
> > sending them to Bill Bytheway for inclusion in the pic library at
> > rtty.com.  Reasonable enough eh?
> >
> > I have a little 28-TD which I modified to plug directly into a 232
> > port.  You just plug it in to your pc, and then read tapes into a program
> > like RTTYArt to save and name the file.  I suppose Heavymetal would work
>as
> > well.  The TD is geared for 100-wpm, so the read will (reasonably)
> > fast.  You PC must have a serial port compatible with the above
> > program(s).  The TD does not take much desk space, and there are just
>power
> > and 232 cables hanging out.
> >
> > If someone is willing to read a library of tapes (like the set from John
> > Sheetz), send me your address, and I'll ship this guy off to you.  Such a
>deal.
> >
> > gil
> >
> >
> > At 06:07 AM 4/24/2006, David Freeman wrote:
> > >John,
> > >
> > >Can you send me Bob's contact info and I'll see if we can get going on
>this.
> > >It's pretty easy to set up your AFSK output from the TU into MMTTY and
>log
> > >the data to your hard drive. An editor quickly cleans up any errors and
>burn
> > >it to a CD. It just takes hours and hours and hours of machine time. I
>think
> > >I can get four or five going at once.
> > >
> > >Cutting tapes is even easier, heck I've let my M14 run all night and
>found
> > >everything still humming along the next morning.
> > >
> > >While storage/exchange on CD is certainly easier. The purist in me says
> > >paper tape should be archived as well. Once this project is done, I'm a
>little
> > >saddend by the thought that 1,500 RTTY PIX will be so easily obtained.
>Where
> > >is the challenge in that. And once we all have a copy, there won't be
>much
> > >reason to exchange them on the air. Of course we can create new PIX
> > >but that is so damn easy now it's not funny. That era has ended....
> > >
> > >Dave, WW8S
> > >
> > >
> > >On Sun 4/23/2006  6:02 PM, John Foust <jfoust at threedee.com> wrote :
> > >
> > > > At 09:12 AM 4/20/2006, David Freeman wrote:
> > > > >I volunteered to receive/store/archive tapes, and even redistribute
> > > them in exchange
> > > > >for blank tape. The last large collection I know about was John
>Sheetz
> > > estate's extensive collection. I think Bob Camp took possesion of it. I
> > > don't know what's become of Bob
> > > > >since he was once very active posting to several reflectors but now
>is
> > > unheard from.
> > > > >I'd still like to get a copy of the Sheetz collection since it was
>one
> > > of the most complete and accurate assemblies of RTTY pix around.
> > > >
> > > > Ah, a volunteer.  I sent a message to Bob Camp.  He recently changed
>jobs
> > > > and became very busy.  He admirably rescued the Sheetz tapes, but now
> > > > he's willing to hand off the archiving to someone else.
> > > >
> > > > Duping paper tapes?  Because I'm more computer-oriented than
>ham-oriented,
> > > > I regard the more important task as converting the old tapes to
> > > > computer-readable data files so they can be archived, cloned and
>shared.
> > > >
> > > > As I understand it, we're talking about fourteen cubic feet of tapes.
> > > >
> > > > - John
> > > >
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