Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Jim Wilkins wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Jim Wilkins wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Jim Wilkins wrote:

"Pete C. wrote:

I definitely don't hand code for CNC text engraving...

I spent close to a year hand-coding the common office fonts
for this ink jet printer, one dot at a time.
http://tinyurl.com/q8aalpm

The thick ink buildup around lab ink-jet test fixtures
inspired 3D printing.


Before, or after Wayne Green discussed the idea in his
magazines?
It was either in early issues of Byte, or in 73.

I knew Wayne Green at the time, from Mensa, and he never said
anything about it.


It was in one of his editorials about early personal computing,
before you bought something off the shelf. He also talked about
adapting CD players into a method to distribute programs. BTW a
lot
of his magazines are on http://www.archive.org where you can
download them for free.

Yeah, we discussed putting software CDs in the magazine. I didn't
think they would survive the mails unless protected by corrugated
cardboard. He did, and was right. My homebrew computer could read
only
Teletype tape or its own 600 baud FSK cassette tapes so I had to
manually type in the magazine's programs anyway.


At one time he talked about shipping software on LP vinyl records.

I vaguely remember a discussion about mailing test samples back to
himself to see what would survive the handling.


The logistics for compiling software collections and making LPs,
distributing them, then feeding them into computers in place of cassette
tapes was very cumbersome. Also, wanting to sell them retail would take
up a lot of shelf space in stores when compared to Cassettes.


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have a DD214, and a honorable discharge.