15 Oct
2008
15 Oct
'08
4:16 p.m.
Scott Austin wrote:
BTW, I told those who responded to me that I just remembered a fun college project with
an Apple II, Pascal and a Diablo print wheel printer (actually a print terminal). I
programmed it to form graphics and mathematical symbols by taking advantage of the
Diablo's micro-spacing features (controlled with escape sequences). Does anyone else
remember that? When? Well... I graduated college in 1981 (way back after the discovery
of the first bit).
I sure do remember that: as an undergrad, my first task for an OS
research project was to convert the system troff-style fixed-pitch text formatter
to support proportional font spacing. Output was to a daisy-wheel printer (don't
recall the actual printer manuf/model) using that same sort of micro-spacing feature.
This would have been late-'79/early-'80, so the same time frame as your task.