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2016-08-14 |
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Posted by:Fred |
#14 Yeah, we had a large Wang network system in our offices for word processing. We actually called it the 'Big Wang' and nobody was offended....too much. Times have changed |
Posted by: Mullah Richard 2016-08-14 20:53 |
#13 Does anyone recall the Wang computer around the early 1970s? |
Posted by: JohnQC 2016-08-14 18:56 |
#12 Never, the only vague contender was the a well tuned Compugraphic... https://www.prepressure.com/images/museum-MIAT-compugraphic-editwriter-7500-console.jpg |
Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-14 17:15 |
#11 Yes, I appreciate the ergonomics of the typist in the picture. But as far as keyboards are concerned, I don't think the ergonomics of the Selectric have ever been beaten. |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-08-14 16:32 |
#10 Selectric-III was state of the art before the computer became widespread. I think I still have an OCR ball somewhere. |
Posted by: Besoeker 2016-08-14 16:19 |
#9 Maybe even a Correcting Selectric? The Gold Standard! |
Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-14 15:49 |
#8 OK. OK. I see the girl and the short shorts and the legs and the hair and all that. I'm not blind and I am most certainly not unappreciative. But is that an IBM Selectric? |
Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-08-14 14:55 |
#7 I can only recall one or two workstations with legs like that. |
Posted by: Skidmark 2016-08-14 13:08 |
#6 Yeah, but can the workstation kern? |
Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-08-14 11:43 |
#5 Dan Rather: "Carbonless document ya say?" |
Posted by: Frank G on the road 2016-08-14 10:12 |
#4 Just not the Donks, but the GOPe as well. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-08-14 09:52 |
#3 DNC is training all the interns to cruise the graveyards for missing voters. |
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2016-08-14 09:47 |
#2 The rubes aren't falling in line behind them, JQC. |
Posted by: Pappy 2016-08-14 08:27 |
#1 Although I don't recall any such workstations in the '70s, this one is great. Does anyone get the impression that the closer we get to the election, the Democrats and all of its acolytes such as the MSM are getting very unhinged? |
Posted by: JohnQC 2016-08-14 07:37 |