To: TC Rider
That's a Linotype machine. It was still in use in 1972, but it wouldn't have produced the results we see on the memos, and it would not be used for an office memo (it produced led type for a printing press)
2 posted on
09/10/2004 3:56:49 PM PDT by
gilliam
To: gilliam
The guy's wife said he didn't know how to type! Shouldn't that settle it?
To: gilliam
8 posted on
09/10/2004 3:58:16 PM PDT by
rocksblues
(Ah! The smell of toast on a November morning.)
To: gilliam
That's a Linotype machine. Sure it is.
This is a humor post.
It probably could have produced a printing plate to match the memo pretty closely, and no, outside outside of newspapers, magazines and print shops it was not widely available.
10 posted on
09/10/2004 3:59:00 PM PDT by
TC Rider
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To: gilliam
Was it really necessary to label this as humor?
13 posted on
09/10/2004 3:59:20 PM PDT by
Blood of Tyrants
(God is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: gilliam
That is quite a machine. One problem is the lead pot, and the other is the star wheel. The fonts are machined out of solid brass. Very fast, too, faster than qwerty typewriters.
35 posted on
09/10/2004 4:25:58 PM PDT by
RightWhale
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