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Subject: Re: TOT - Cemtos 7 : Systemd alternatives ?
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Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>
> On 07/10/2014 12:47 PM, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> Always Learning wrote:
>>> On Thu, 2014-07-10 at 10:39 -0400, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>>
>>>> mark "we won't talk about the month I punch Addressograph
>>>> plates...."
>>> Addressograph plates? That is really ancient ! but they were
>>> incredible useful in those days.
>>>
>> Yeah... but did you ever do it, or see it done? Forget the old manual
>> Underwood, this required actual *force* hitting the keys (yes, the
>> machine was electric). No speed, either - the actuator arms had to hit the
>> metal. WHAM-WHAM-WHAM-WHAM
>
> But the Linotype melted the lead and you pressed which key you wanted
> the lead to flow into. Kind of. It was cool to see that bar of lead
> slowly get lowered into the melting pot and finally out the other side
> came the lead on steel printing plate. Though one I saw only made rows
> of text that then had to be lined up on the steel plate. I guess it was
> for allowing inclusion of pictures and such.
>
> Ah how xerography changed things.
>
> And that is again the point. We do things one way because with a big
> enough hammer we can get it to work. Then new ways and new goals come
> along and the old stuff heads off for the big melting pot in the backyard.
But with a good hammer, you can force the lead into the new plates without
melting....
mark (who's taken at least part of this offlist)
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