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Article #621304Re: Old word processors
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:01
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 22:01
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On 3/18/2018 3:59 PM, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: > On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:17:44 -0500, Charles Richmond wrote: >> >> On 3/17/2018 11:41 AM, J. Clarke wrote: >>> >>> [snip...] [snip...] [snip...] >>> >>> 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. >>> >> >> An interesting video about Mergenthaler's typesetter is: >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxeuwlvf8w > > Lovely. Reverse engineering. I watched it already. Got to love Professor > Brailsford. There should also be a video suggested where he talks about > the Apple Laser Writer with barely enough RAM to do the calculations in > the first place. > Brailsford is interesting alright, but sometimes plays "fast and loose" with the facts. Watch his video on punch card programming and count the errors! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG2M4ttzBnY -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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