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From: Lars Brinkhoff <lars@nocrew.org>
To: Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com>
Cc: segaloco <segaloco@protonmail.com>,
	Computer Old Farts Followers <coff@tuhs.org>
Subject: [COFF] Re: [TUHS] Re: Original print of V7 manual? / My own version of troff
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2024 07:25:38 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7wv881tzt9.fsf@junk.nocrew.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAC20D2PwTKKjAXd-tkfw=hK6V11k8+j=8n86EK0JvQi1veTU5w@mail.gmail.com> (Clem Cole's message of "Tue, 9 Jan 2024 17:07:40 -0500")

Clem Cole <clemc@ccc.com> writes:
> The software varied greatly, depending on the target customer.   For
> instance, by the early 80s,  the Boston Globe's input system was still
> terrible - even though the computers had gotten better.  I had a couple of
> friends working there, and they used to b*tch about it.

Here's something about Camex used at Boston Globe.
https://gunkies.org/wiki/Camexec

Any comments or additions to this?

I occasionally bug Speciner about scanning his printouts.

  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-10  7:25 UTC|newest]

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2024-01-09 22:07           ` Clem Cole
2024-01-10  7:25             ` Lars Brinkhoff [this message]
2024-01-10 17:26               ` Clem Cole

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