On Wed, Jun 17, 2020 at 3:26 PM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> https://archive.org/details/FarewellEtaoinShrdlu > > 28min documentary on the last ever edition of the NY Times to be > printed using hot metal -- before they switched to what are now a > quite choice assortment of late-'70s minicomputers. I think I spotted > a PDP, a Data General and some IBM device, but I am no expert in this > era. > > As a veteran reader of Fredric Brown, especially "the Enchanted > Linotype", I have been using ETAOIN SHRDLU to win at Hangman for many > years... but I'd never seen one working before. It all still seems > like magic to me. I've worked in the magazine industry so I should > know more about this stuff, but I never worked at the repro end of > things... > > > Liam, I rescued a Linotype and gave it to Bob Roswell for his museum in Hunt Valley, MD USA...should you ever be in the Washington/Baltimore area. Syssrc.com is the URL and the museum is housed within their consulting and training facility. Bill
