13 Jan
2017
13 Jan
'17
11:02 a.m.
On 2017-01-13 3:17 PM, Paul Koning wrote:
quality, but
definitely adequate and successful for newspaper work. I
remember working with them in the early 1980s.
Yes, its primary job was newspaper galley setting when I bought it, but
I did bureau work on the side. Even some negatives of questionable
density ;)
--Toby
On Jan 13, 2017, at 1:05 PM, Toby Thain <toby
at telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
...
AUD $25,000 for a Linotype L100 PostScript imagesetter (used).
Has a 68K computer inside it with Adobe ROMs. Communication via serial or AppleTalk.
One of the first high resolution PostScript imagesetters. Put a lot of feet of bromide
paper through it.
Neat! By the standards of the time, those were not really high image
paul