OT - Is this computer for real? (CORRECTION)
Stewart C. Russell
scruss-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org
Wed Aug 24 22:10:59 UTC 2005
James Knott wrote:
>
> Well, now that you mention it, I do have some core memory here. :-)
Hah, that's way new-fangled. I'll raise you a cast-iron-and-brass
Monotype matrix, probably from some time in the mid-1900s:
<http://www.woodsidepress.com/MONOTYPE.HTML>. They -- along with the
Linotype -- were the forerunner of computerized typesetting systems.
cheers,
Stewart
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