This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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I actually got started in school, hand setting type from a California Job Case. Then running it off on an old hand fed letterpress machines. That was real fun but I'd hate to do it for a living. But, I have to admit I do have brief fantasies, now and…
We decorated our Christmas tree with the tractor feed strips from the printer. The cats like to play with them too. Jim
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Message #5958
Hi Betty, I worked some in hot type in the early seventies. It was a very interesting process. Then the company bought in a paper tape system. This wasn't as much fun. There were a lot of errors where the rail would go up without enough keys on it and…