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Article #621295Re: Old word processors
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:20
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:20
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On 3/17/2018 3:09 PM, Dave Garland wrote: > On 3/17/2018 11:41 AM, J. Clarke wrote: > >> I think the system being sought in this discussion was the IBM 2680, >> available in 1967 or 1968, which was a phototypesetting system driven >> by a System/360 with associated software. There were similar systems >> from RCA, Harris, and Mergenthaler. >> > Yes, the phototypesetting gear was pretty sophisticated. I wouldn't call > it "word processing" myself, though. To me, WP is an improved version of > what was done by secretaries or typists with typewriters in a typical > office, rather than something that replaced a Linotype. YMMV. I did > typeset a few things using PS typewheels and WordStar, but that was not > fun (WordStar did have character-width tables, but you had to hex-edit > the binary to change them). WP (and page-layout programs) really had to > wait for decent (and affordable) laser printers before they were very > useful for fancier output. More advanced and more involved software was called "desktop publishing" software instead of being called a word processor. There was much overlap in the two types of software. -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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