Typesetters in the '80s - Computerphile
What it is
Professor Brailsford of the University of Nottingham describes how the university set out to print its own mathematics exam papers in the 1980s. The story centers on getting a Mergenthaler Linotron 202 typesetter to work with their own software.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters point to it as the history of phototypesetters and a story about the freedom to control your own hardware.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2015, last 2020
What HN commenters said
“explained the brilliant and exiting history of this paper and its recreation, as well as the history of Phototypesetters.”
Interview with a paper's author on phototypesetter history and the paper's recreation.
ATsch, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “Experience with the Mergenthaler Linotron 202 Phototypesetter (1980) [pdf]”
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Topics: typesetting, linotron 202, computerphile, nottingham, phototypesetter
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