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Article #621325Re: Old word processors
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 21:13
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2018 12:56:32 -0700 (PDT), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: > > I think almost every programmer prepared some documentation on > punched cards and printed it out. This you can do with any text editor. I do not use LibreOffice here when when coding (using vi or Emacs). >> Apparently the IBM MT/ST (Magnetic Tape/Selectric Typewriter) from 1964 >> would match that description which was used only with an IBM >> Selectric. But there should had been applications which would not depend >> on an external type writer rather than using a dedicated printer, no? > > Not sure of your question. The IBM MT/ST and MC/ST was integrated > with a Selectric typewriter which provided the keyboard and 'printer'. > As others mentioned, they were word processors. I think I understand a word processor is something you edit a text. It assists you by wrapping text and allow modification of characters, like bold. Only *after* you are done editing you would print it out or save it to a file. You could move paragraphs around and often do mail merge. Things a Selectric could not do. The Selectric did not (for my knowledge) had a display. Even if it might had "write ahead" you could not see what you wrote until it was printed on paper. If you made a mistake it was too late. Because of that typewriters soon vanished after word processors were available in the late 70s to early 80s. Which again raises the question: if word processors were around before the 70s, why didn't they supersede typewriters in offices already? -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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