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

[Doug Alderdice]

I am not an expert, nor do I play one on TV, but according to the UPI 
stylebook PDF scan I have from 1967 it says this about bells on teleprinter 
circuits:

"USE OF BELLS -- A flash takes 10 bells, which follow it.  A bulletin uses 
five bells, an urgent four.  When designated by desk, copy may be given 
four bells and urgent priority without the use of the urgent slug."

FWIW.

Doug, KA2WFT


At 05:17 PM 11/19/2013 -0600, Cory Heisterkamp wrote:
>Javier, this is great stuff! Looks like the JFK transcript contains the 
>mundane news coming over the wire prior to the actual event which makes it 
>all the more accurate. The link Ed posted the other day contains some 
>information about the bells but maybe an expert will weigh in.
>
>Seems this recreation might be easier than anticipated. -Cory
>
>On Nov 18, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Javier Albinarrate 
><<mailto:javier at albinarrate.com>javier at albinarrate.com> wrote:
>
>>Folks,
>>
>>I like this idea a lot.
>>Regarding the sources...
>>
>>For HeavyMetal v3.1 I actually made an archive section with some text 
>>recovered from multiple sources.
>>In HM it is available directly from the menu but you can of course access 
>>the files directly.
>>Check it out.
>><http://albinarrate.com/heavymetal/history/rss.xml>http://albinarrate.com/heavymetal/history/rss.xml
>>
>>
>>These are historically quite correct, and extremely fancy to play (I do 
>>at the museum from time to time).
>>However they have slight variations from the originals, to ensure that if 
>>somebody prints these and tries to sell them as authentic, it would be 
>>possible to identify them.
>>
>>Regards!
>>Javier
>>
>>
>>On 16/11/2013 18:39, Cory Heisterkamp wrote:
>>>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, 
>>><mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com>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 ...
>>>>
>>>>Finding the  log of the real stories coming in over the wire before the 
>>>>Flash  would be  the  hard  part....
>>>>
>>>>it  would be a lot of  typing!   I am not  the one  to do it  since I 
>>>>have poor typing
>>>>
>>>>In a message dated 11/16/2013 1:48:48 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, 
>>>><mailto:coryheisterkamp at gmail.com>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
>>>>>
>>>>>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?
>>>>>
>>>>>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
>>>>>
>>>>>On Nov 15, 2013, at 2:44 PM, 
>>>>><mailto:COURYHOUSE at aol.com>COURYHOUSE at aol.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>     Kennedy  TTY  Traffic  Re-creation  for ITTY? on nov 22? Just a
>>>>>>thought!
>>>>>>