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Article #621510Re: Old word processors
From: hanc...
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:13
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2018 21:13
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On Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at 1:01:00 AM UTC-4, Charles Richmond wrote: > Typists on manual typewrites... had to type in rhythm. That was the > important thing, rather than the speed. If you got out of rhythm, the > keys would jam. Unlike a computer keyboard, when you type "the"... you > can *not* hit the t-h in rapid succession. You have to stay in a > rhythmic pattern. Another reason to type in rhythm on a manual was to produce an even copy. Otherwise, on a manual, some letters would be hit hard and some hit soft, with the copy looking lousy. We've all seen blackened "e" and punched out "o". This was especially important when typing a mimeograph stencil. AB Dick Mimeograph ads (first ad explains good stencil cutting, also has article on Detroit's troubles). https://books.google.com/books?id=v04EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA14&dq=life%20mimeograph%20typing&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q=life%20mimeograph%20typing&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=9EEEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA14&dq=life%20mimeograph&pg=PA14#v=onepage&q&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=ckoEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA10&dq=life%20mimeograph&pg=PA10#v=onepage&q&f=false I'm guessing that in the old days, tabulating machines were used on occasion to cut a mimeo stencil for things like a directory or catalog. I don't know about a computer driven 1403, but probably done there as well, especially back in the early 1960s. On our Univac 90/30, we had a film ribbon which we used from time to time to produce a directory that was photocopied. But the printer of the 90/30 was pretty crappy and even with a film ribbon the output looked lousy, indeed even worse, such as with only partly formed characters. Our office had a mag card, and that should've been used instead to maintain the directory, even if it meant duplicate typing.
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