[GreenKeys] Kennedy TTY Traffic Re-creation for ITTY? on nov 22 ? Just a ...

[Cory Heisterkamp]

I bet we could automate it. A webcam and OCR software could take huge chunks at a time, or rig a flatbed and a take up "spool", like what was done with acetate rolls on an overhead projector. Of course, we have to find the content first. 

On Nov 16, 2013, at 3:01 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:

> well on ebay there are many  messages  for  sale  also  there are  some  on  the  net   ....   that is  how I  found that one  I posted previously ...
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> Finding the  log of the real stories coming in over the wire before the Flash  would be  the  hard  part....
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> it  would be a lot of  typing!   I am not  the one  to do it  since I have poor typing
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> In a message dated 11/16/2013 1:48:48 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, coryheisterkamp at gmail.com writes:
> I like the idea, but it raises a few good questions. In a typical day, was there any sort of "archive" for news sent over the UPI or AP wire? I'm assuming that after a tape was sent it was trashed. 
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> Part of the fascination of a recreation like this would be to make it as authentic as possible, to have other, real stories coming in over the wire before the Flash. 
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> You see scrolls of typed output saved from major events, like this, and the moon landing (and put on eBay at preposterous prices). Does anyone have the scroll from the assassination? 
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> When I have my 28 up and running, you'd be surprised the number of people, young and old, that ask me if the news coming in is current, or "old".   -Cory
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> On Nov 15, 2013, at 2:44 PM, COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
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>>     Kennedy  TTY  Traffic  Re-creation  for ITTY? on nov 22? Just a
>> thought!
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