[GreenKeys] Teletype in a radio museum

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Roy, these are  all great  Ideas.
 
we have  toyed  with the live demo idea,  but  just the  base and printer 
mech.  but  glassed  to keep fingers out of  moving  parts... but   of  
course   ports in it at  the bottom and  back   to vent it and of course let the  
 wonderful could of it printing   come out  too!
 
Ed Sharpe archivist  for SMECC
 
 
In a message dated 5/9/2014 10:54:39 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,  
k1lky68 at gmail.com writes:


On  May 8, 2014, at 10:00 PM, Steve <zarco at sonic.net> wrote:
>  
> Trying to keep this simple, reliable (I'll be on the hook to keep it  
running)
> but interesting to those already into vintage electronics and  those that
> might not be.

Steve,

Others with experience  in public displays of TTY will have more Ideas for 
you, but here are a few  from me:

News On the Hour
If you can get a tape reader and  some appropriate tapes, stage a “News on 
the Hour” event from time to  time:  The tapes could be from our ITTY 
system, or made up from  historical events  (Hillary scales Everest, VE day 
announcement,  Sputnik).
If no tape reader, some program like FLDigi may be able to  read text files 
you have on a laptop (Beware of any laptop in a public place  to avoid 
theft,  keep it WITH you at every second!)
A short  picture tape would be good, too.  Contact Tom Tilson for copies of 
 his.
Announce the News On The Hour with a poster if you can be there  to make it 
happen.
Tear off the news items and hand them out - if  each one can include 
contact info, you may get an email or phone call later  from interested people.

Live Demo
A machine with cover open and  spot-lights on it will attract attention 
because of its sound, motion and  light (and lovely aroma if you have the right 
oil ! ).

Handouts
If  you run many hours a day, you’ll have LOTS of printout - tear them into 
 articles and leave them for visitors to pick up even if you are not there 
and  in operation.
Pre-made information sheets, with a sample of real TTY  message could be 
handed out or left for people to pick up.  Brief history  of teletype, short 
sample message, contact/web site/mail list info at the  bottom.
Any handout that you or someone else has made up can be easily  shared 
among others who make displays or public  appearances.

Videos
Download a bunch of Teletype videos from You  Tube - if they were run in 
random order or play list from a HIDDEN and  LOCKED-UP computer on a monitor 
or projection screen, it would get  attention.

Try-It-Yourself
If you can get a second machine, even if  just an R/O, arrange to route the 
keyboard send line to it - invite folks to  sit at the machine and send a 
message to the other end of the table.   Stringing a wire across the back of 
the table on supports that look like  little telegraph poles will give a 
sense of realism - a note that the distance  could have been up to (?) miles 
would be easy.  Maybe a picture of some  contemporary Western Union office 
could be on display.

Roy

Roy  Morgan
RoyMorgan at alum.mit.edu
K1LKY Since  1958

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