Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Tangible Media: Removable Storage of Image, Sound, Motion and Data
Holes
Chadless

Date:

1963

Material:

Oiled paper

Dimensions:

11/16 in. wide (1.7 cm)

5-hole TTY tape with holes punched only partially through to eliminate chads, which allowed text printed on the tape to remain human-readable. It was patented in 1941 by Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.

This is a contemporary copy of a UPI teletype feed on 11/22/63, with an interruption, then the evolving story until the words "President Kennedy is dead" appear.