On Tuesday, 10 February 2015 at 22:56:13 +0000, Deri James wrote: > On Tue 10 Feb 2015 20:53:42 Jones, Larry wrote: >> "ROFF is a program which generates microfilm and 7-track binary >> magnetic tape for off line processing on an IBM Magnetic Tape / >> Selectric Typewriter..." > > I loved my selectric.
Presumably you didn't have to maintain it. I bought a used 735 (15" carriage) in about 1979 and interfaced it to a Z-80. Using Scribble (Mark of the Unicorn) it produced acceptable output, in other words superb output for the day. But the machine itself was pretty worn-out. I can't recall varying baselines, but the interaction between carriage return and tab caused some interesting horizontal issues. Was the difference between 1972 and 1980 that extreme? Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger g...@freebsd.org for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft MUA reports problems, please read http://tinyurl.com/broken-mua
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