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minus-squareanomnomlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 days agoYeah another term for this could be a word processor (like the old school ones that were kinda smart typewriters with floppy disks on the side). But instead of outputting through built-in printer, it spits out the output to a minicomputer (I’m assuming at the time).
minus-squareJohnnyEnzyme@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days ago“Word processor” is a good term. Specifically, these were made so that reporters could quickly work up articles from on-site news locales, then send them in to the newspaper office.
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Yeah another term for this could be a word processor (like the old school ones that were kinda smart typewriters with floppy disks on the side).
But instead of outputting through built-in printer, it spits out the output to a minicomputer (I’m assuming at the time).
“Word processor” is a good term. Specifically, these were made so that reporters could quickly work up articles from on-site news locales, then send them in to the newspaper office.