Apple?

Paxton> Lynotype made lead casting typesetting equipment. It's spelled "Linotype", though. Paxton> My bet is it is an early commercial system they marketed to Paxton> semi automate a Lynotype lead line casting machine. Maybe was Paxton> based on an apple computer and serial control to run the Paxton> analog typesetter. Paxton> I think at one time Lynotype tried driving the keys with Paxton> solenoids run by a computer. They certainly had linecasting machines driven from paper tape. I don't know if those used solenoids on a keyboard; it could be, or it could be solenoids actuating the guts behind the keyboard. In any case, Linotype had moved into phototypesetting machines by the time Apple appeared on the scene. So while it's possible in theory, I very much doubt a desktop computer type device would drive a linecaster -- far more likely that it would drive a phototypesetter. In the late 1970s, Linotype made a very well regarded range of computer-controlled phototypesetters named "Linotron". They were compact and inexpensive, and produced reasonably good output. (Not as good as the competition, companies like Autologic -- but they were quite a lot smaller and less costly.) paul