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From: Al Kossow <aek@bitsavers.org>
To: tuhs@tuhs.org
Subject: [TUHS] Re: Original print of V7 manual? / My own version of troff
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 12:31:28 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <f3392b59-267e-b905-49bf-9b53ebb1a8fe@bitsavers.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <66b2d0b2-87ab-8dd0-b275-5c54a1a9dfdb@bitsavers.org>

On 1/9/24 12:29 PM, Al Kossow wrote:
> On 1/9/24 9:18 AM, segaloco via TUHS wrote:
> 
>> On the subject of troff origins, in a world where troff didn't exist, and one purchases a C/A/T, what was the general approach to actually 
>> using the thing? 
> Short answer is you bought their proprietary typesetting turnkey systems
> 
> They had to reverse-engineer the phototypesetter hardware to work with any homegrown software to drive it.
> 

and that is a very deep rathole I've gone down before with Compugraphic typesetters


  reply	other threads:[~2024-01-09 20:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-01-05 22:17 [TUHS] Original print of V7 manual? Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-05 23:19 ` [TUHS] " segaloco via TUHS
2024-01-06  0:12   ` Will Senn
2024-01-06  1:26   ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-06  5:08     ` segaloco via TUHS
2024-01-06  6:12       ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-06 15:06       ` Will Senn
2024-01-06  1:06 ` Al Kossow
2024-01-06  1:45   ` segaloco via TUHS
2024-01-06 14:42     ` amp1ron
2024-01-06  3:02   ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-06  3:22     ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-01-06  4:06       ` Jonathan Gray
2024-01-06  4:06       ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-06 18:33         ` Clem Cole
2024-01-06 21:04           ` Rich Salz
2024-01-06 21:38             ` Clem Cole
2024-01-10 16:32             ` Michael Parson
2024-02-10 19:43               ` Al Kossow
2024-01-07  2:17           ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-07  2:25             ` Al Kossow
2024-01-07  2:54             ` Phil Budne
2024-01-07  3:21               ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-07  3:55             ` Clem Cole
2024-01-10 16:53             ` Michael Parson
2024-01-10 17:45               ` Clem Cole
2024-01-07 10:54         ` Brian Walden
2024-01-07 12:12           ` arnold
2024-01-08  0:20           ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-07 21:59             ` [TUHS] My own version of troff Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-08  3:24               ` [TUHS] Re: Original print of V7 manual? / " G. Branden Robinson
2024-01-08  5:10                 ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-08  7:11                   ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-01-09  9:38                     ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-09 16:27                       ` Al Kossow
2024-01-09 17:18                         ` segaloco via TUHS
2024-01-09 18:05                           ` Phil Budne
2024-01-09 18:30                             ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2024-01-09 20:29                           ` Al Kossow
2024-01-09 20:31                             ` Al Kossow [this message]
2024-01-09 22:07                           ` Clem Cole
     [not found]                   ` <CAGcdajdc5GfTOeP_Vw_AC0E6BdnrBLape1+GEd2JGDCg4n31eQ@mail.gmail.com>
2024-01-17 14:08                     ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-01-17 15:32                       ` Brad Spencer
2024-01-17 15:48                         ` Clem Cole
2024-01-17 16:25                           ` Rich Salz
2024-01-18  7:00                     ` Mychaela Falconia
     [not found]                       ` <CAGcdaje=RHbLNZv2Cy=xtuEMaYU7RXMtnom7gYuAMMju2xrHgw@mail.gmail.com>
2024-01-18  8:22                         ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-18 13:27                       ` G. Branden Robinson
     [not found]                     ` <ZalHs6DAuvRwXTuS@fluorine>
2024-01-19 16:52                       ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-01-06 14:52       ` [TUHS] Re: Original print of V7 manual? Will Senn
2024-01-06 16:52         ` Al Kossow
2024-01-06 16:54           ` Al Kossow
2024-01-06 18:28         ` G. Branden Robinson
2024-01-10 18:50 [TUHS] Original print of V7 manual? / My own version of troff tuhs
2024-01-10 22:04 ` [TUHS] " Diomidis Spinellis
2024-01-10 23:46   ` segaloco via TUHS
2024-01-11  2:20     ` Mychaela Falconia
2024-01-11 13:52 ` Sebastien F4GRX
2024-01-11 22:48 ` Dave Horsfall
2024-01-11 23:47   ` Greg 'groggy' Lehey

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