While we are talking about typesetters, I have one that I am willing to
part with if someone can pick it up from Long Island, NY.
It is a Tegra Genesis Laser Phototypesetter, circa 1990.
Original cost at the time was north of $40K. It did 1000DPI pagess at 20
ppm. The print engine is a Varityper
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 08:25:04PM -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> Basically, this thing, or a variation thereof:
>
> http://www.ricomputermuseum.org/Home/equipment/varityper
This looks to be a later model than the one I used, which was definitely
an 8008 (I looked).
The keyboard is different. When
> On Jul 30, 2015, at 10:02 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
>
> I don't know how many of you were familiar with the Addressograph-Multigraph
> (AM) Varityper phototypesetting systems. Basically small computers with
> floppy drives and a (very nice) terminal--and a big box that held quite a
> number of
On 07/30/2015 07:07 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
If you're talking about the 8008(sic)-based unit which had the
"developer" unit contained within it ... you're giving me a nervous
tic.
If for some reason of insanity you want to run this thing, you
*must* keep it well-cooled. Otherwise the font disk
On Thu, Jul 30, 2015 at 07:02:35PM -0700, Chuck Guzis wrote:
> I don't know how many of you were familiar with the Addressograph-
> Multigraph (AM) Varityper phototypesetting systems.
If you're talking about the 8008(sic)-based unit which had the "developer"
unit contained within it ... you're giv
I don't know how many of you were familiar with the
Addressograph-Multigraph (AM) Varityper phototypesetting systems.
Basically small computers with floppy drives and a (very nice)
terminal--and a big box that held quite a number of photo "font" disks.
Basically worked by shining a light throu
