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
next prev parent 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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