[GreenKeys] Historial archive

[Javier]

Hi Pete,

Yeah very good question, I've been around little time with ttys, and the
first time I got into eBay to search for paper rolls, I found one of these
Kennedy wires. The first thing I thought was... this is dead easy to do, and
for the buyer it is mostly unworthy to try to verify if it is authentic or
not. I guess I would simply assume all of them are fake, that makes things
easier.

As for the intent of this.. certainly it isn't to make GreenKeys a fraud
guild :)
Whenever I show my tty to somebody, it simply lacks "something"... the
feeling of transporting you to another time. I see these machines and I am
fascinated, but most people simply looks at them as if they were a simple
typewriter... they do not realize all what is involved, and all the reasons
why these are the grandfathers of communications, internet, and computers.
And being able to print today's top stories from AP, doesn't  entirely add
to the feeling.

So, that is why I thought of adding such a feature to the new HeavyMetal.
Another reason would be because it implies no mods to the software... just
using what is already there.

Now... giving a second thought to fraud... well probably it would be even
better to have these online as text in a single site, easily accessible by
search engines... as it would allow to add a huge warning to people wishing
to buy those things. Adding exposure to these things is usually better.
Those buyers who make a minimum effort to search internet could be benefited
from this.

Regards!

Javier Albinarrate








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Lancashire" <xyzzypdx at gmail.com>
To: <GreenKeys at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] Historial archive


>I wonder if there are any real paper ones out there ?
>
> Fakes that I've seen or read about
>
> The worst was a Kennedy assignation on fresh white paper. A good
> fake was a Perl Harbor on vintage paper but screwed up up by using a
> new ribbon. Something about the ink formula changing since '41.
>
> -pete Just not dishonest enough ...
>
> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Javier <info at lnet.com.ar> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> While looking at Internet, I came into an "idea", and I would be glad if
>> I can get some feedback from you all.
>> I haven't found anything similar, but that may be just because I suck at
>> searching... :)
>>
>> Basically what I thought, was to have an archive of historical interest
>> telegrams/news reports/EBS broadcasts/whatever, etc which may have been
>> transmitted over teletypes at some point of history.
>>
>> There are a few of these, scanned on the internet, for example, the ones
>> related to Kennedy's assassination, some about the EBS system, an who 
>> knows
>> what else.
>> I would basically transcript them into txt files, and make them
>> available on a website, and also on the HeavyMetal v3 which is being 
>> baked
>> in the oven right now.
>>
>> What do you think?
>> Was this ever done?
>> Can anybody here provide something? Links, texts, whatever?
>>
>> Regards!!
>>
>> Javier Albinarrate
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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