[GreenKeys] Ransom Slayton's Teletype Museum Tour

k9tty at dls.net k9tty at dls.net
Wed Mar 12 14:29:41 EST 2008


WONDERFUL NEWS GIL

I will be anxiously waiting news of the availability.

Don
K9TTY

On Wed 12/03/08 10:23 AM , gil smith gil at baudot.net sent:
> Hi folks:
> 
> You may remember seeing the Teletype Museum Tour narrated by Ransom 
> Slayton.  The narration is at:
> www.baudot.net/docs/slayton--tty-museum.pdf>
> Some of us got a DVD of the slide-show tour, which a fellow was sending out
> about a year ago.  It was great to hear the actual sound of Mr. Slayton's
> voice, and see some of the early and unusual machines, but the slides on
> the video were rather dark, and difficult to see.
> 
> I have since received a copy of the slide set, scanned from the original
> slides, which are at the IEEE History center -- a big thanks to Maryann
> Hoffman, who had been planning to get me a copy for a couple of years.  It
> took some time to procure a scanner, and actually get the scanning done,
> but it was definitely worth the wait.
> 
> Now, I want to re-create the slide show, using the audio from the DVD, and
> the high-quality scans from the original slides.  A good project for my new
> mac.
> 
> I'll let you know when I get it done.  Pretty cool to find something tucked
> away for so many years!
> 
> gil
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