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April 1998, Week 1

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Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Tracy Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 8 Apr 1998 03:33:00 +0000
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On Tue, 7 Apr 1998, Joe Geiser wrote:

> Aw... just give me the ol' teletype I cut my teeth on - with paper tape
> reader, and I'd be happy :-)
>
> (Not!)  hehehe
>
> Joe

This brings back my memory of some of the character art that was done on
the teletype and stored on paper tape.  Because you could do a carriage
return without a line feed and do overstrikes, several varying patterns of
density could be achieved.  I remember a quite accurate portrait of a nude
woman was done.

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