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Oh How Things Have Changed
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Just had a chat with a colleague about things that have disappeared / almost disappeared over very recent years -
Remember carbon paper ?
I remember writing a letter out long hand - sending it to the typing pool - receiving letter back - correcting typing errors - sending back to typing pool .
Oh how technology have come on a pace in a very short while .
What are your recalls
Remember carbon paper ?
I remember writing a letter out long hand - sending it to the typing pool - receiving letter back - correcting typing errors - sending back to typing pool .
Oh how technology have come on a pace in a very short while .
What are your recalls
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When I wrote 'live' concert reviews for Melody Maker (aaah, memories!) I used to -
attend the gig
come home and write the review - typed of course, keeping a carbon copy
take it to the local train station at the crack of dawn to send it to London by Red Star Parcels
there it would be collected by courier and taken to the office, or straight to the printers, depending how close to deadline we were
from there to the printers where it would be re-typed by the print setters.
Then someone hit on the idea of reading copy out to a typist - I would read my copy and hear a machine-gun noise on the other end, punctuated with an occasional 'Uh-huh ...' down the phone to confirm that my copy was being heard and understood by the lady (always a lady!) at the other end.
Imagine the joy of joys when fax machines were invented!
Oh, and a further sign of the times, a carbon copy was referred to as a 'black'!!!
attend the gig
come home and write the review - typed of course, keeping a carbon copy
take it to the local train station at the crack of dawn to send it to London by Red Star Parcels
there it would be collected by courier and taken to the office, or straight to the printers, depending how close to deadline we were
from there to the printers where it would be re-typed by the print setters.
Then someone hit on the idea of reading copy out to a typist - I would read my copy and hear a machine-gun noise on the other end, punctuated with an occasional 'Uh-huh ...' down the phone to confirm that my copy was being heard and understood by the lady (always a lady!) at the other end.
Imagine the joy of joys when fax machines were invented!
Oh, and a further sign of the times, a carbon copy was referred to as a 'black'!!!
//..I had a video recorder that used a 'pen' to scan the barcode of the programme printed in the newspaper, point pen at recorder, push button pen, recorder programmed. Yeah, right//
hc4361
I've got a video recorder like that ( still under the tv , with the sky box on top of it ) Instead of a pen it's got a remote type control
Mine has got a card with bar codes for dates and tv stations ( the terrestrial stations ) , for recording programmes , which you scan with the remote aforementioned - then point at the recorder and press a button to transmit the details .
hc4361
I've got a video recorder like that ( still under the tv , with the sky box on top of it ) Instead of a pen it's got a remote type control
Mine has got a card with bar codes for dates and tv stations ( the terrestrial stations ) , for recording programmes , which you scan with the remote aforementioned - then point at the recorder and press a button to transmit the details .
