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Lauren Weinstein on Nostr: Unfortunately I was just a bit early to be able to use the computers for final ...

Unfortunately I was just a bit early to be able to use the computers for final printouts to turn in. While I had access to the "TN" print chain on the IBM 360/91 at UCLA, and it produced very nice upper/lowercase printouts on 8 1/2 x 11 paper when finished, you needed to pull off feed holes on the sides, which always left edges unsuitable for turning in. Missed it by that much! At the UCLA ARPANET lab (ARPANET/Internet site #1), we had one of the full-size phototypesetters that could be driven by TROFF, but it just was expensive and time-consuming to use.