http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18982-2004Sep13.html

or

http://tinyurl.com/56ute


Denys


-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of Shawn Gordon
Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 11:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Subj: OT: Re: [HP3000-L] 60 OT: re Minutes
Docum...

wow, I'm convinced.

At 06:44 PM 9/13/2004, Wirt Atmar wrote:
>For all of you who are sitting on the edge of your chairs, anxiously
waiting
>for the next installment of "Typing Tips from the 1970's", one person
wrote me
>privately today:
>
> > just as a side note; i was an 'admin assistant' back in the days,
and
> we had
> > ibm executives and selectrics. if you had a proportional line to
> center, you
> > typed it out. Removed it, measured it (the typed line), then on a
new sheet
> > you found center and back spaced to 1/2 the measurement of the line
and
> > typed it. voila! centered proportional spacing.
> >
> >  later, electric typewriters with memory (like olivettis) made it
much
>easier
>
>Wirt Atmar
>
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Regards,

Shawn Gordon
President
theKompany.com
www.thekompany.com
949-713-3276

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