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Article #621303Re: Old word processors
From: Andreas Kohlbach
Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2018 20:59
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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. -- Andreas My random toughts and comments https://news-commentaries.blogspot.com/
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