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Article #619722Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book
From: ma...
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 09:08
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 09:08
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On 2018-01-26, hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: > On Friday, January 26, 2018 at 4:02:14 AM UTC-5, AndyW wrote: > > > I'm surprised the mimeo ink would be hard to obtain--I'd figure that > would remain available after parts dried up. > > While I'm nostalgic for mimeo, I must admit it was a crappy process. > It's big advantage was that it was simple and cheap. Anyone with > a typewriter could cut a stencil, and presumably second-hand > manual simple mimeo machines were cheap. When low-cost Xerox > machines came out, everyone switched over. > > ad for mimeograph machine > https://books.google.com/books?id=lU0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA10&dq=life%20mimeo&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false Mimeo machines, in my erperience, were extensively used by churches for weekly newsletters. The wives of Reformed Church clerics were usually doing it, (probably the girlfriends of Catholic priests too, but hey ..) > > > > >> >> Now they have a PC and laser printer. Perfect prints but souless and no >> character. >> >> Andy -- greymaus.ireland.ie Just_Another_Grumpy_Old_Man
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