[GreenKeys] RTTY Art?

[Jim Walls]

Brooke Clarke wrote:
> Hi:
>
> On eBay item 180134849480 there are some RTTY art tapes.  No images 
> are shown, just the tapes in cans with labels.  I remember seeing some 
> of these that were almost photograph quality when viewed from a 
> distance and wonder how they were made?

Well, here is how I did it.  If I was going to make a picture of 
something I could get a photo of, I would use a photocopier to size the 
picture to the size that I wanted the the final picture to be, and make 
2 copies.  Then I would tape one copy of the picture to a roll of 
teletype paper.  Then I would type over the picture with a good guess of 
what characters I wanted for the picture while cutting a paper tape.  
Then I would print a copy from the paper tape, and when it was completed 
compare that to the second copy of the original photo.  As there would 
ALWAYS be changes that I wanted, the next step was the longest.  I would 
play the first pass of paper tape, while cutting a second generation 
tape.  When there are changes to make, I would stop the TD, and type the 
changes.  Repeat as needed until it's perfect.

If I did not have a picture to start with, I would draw one on the paper 
roll and then type over it as above.

As I did a lot of pictures this way, I modified a model 19 TD (I think 
it was) to make it a little easier.  What I did was add two momentary 
push button switches.  One would advance the TD one character and "play' 
that character to the current loop.  The second would advance one 
character but NOT interrupt the current loop.  I got really good at 
reading a paper tape too!


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