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

[Javier Albinarrate]

Ok, yes I knew of the 5 and 10 bells, didn't know the 4 ones.

Now, normally, where would these be placed? The fact that I only have 
Siemens TTYs which show a readable bell character, also means I don't 
know how the Teletype ones dealt with it.
Did they go before the tag? after the tag?
Take this example:

      U R G E N T

The oeprator added spaces between the letters to make it stand out. Also 
there are a number of "spaces" before the tag.
The question would then be...
Should it be

"     U R G E N T\b\b\b\b\b"
or
"\b\b\b\b\bU R G E N T"

Very fine details really :) hahahah

Regards!
Javier



On 19/11/2013 21:11, Doug Alderdice wrote:
> 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!
>>>>>>>
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