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Subject:Re: old school From:ant -at- ant-davey -dot- com To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 21 May 2008 10:46:50 +0200
All this talk has got me to thinking about my first gig post-graduation. My job title was Marketing Executive, but half my job was writing training materials, so really I've been in TW since 1984.
My first project at that start-up company was to specify and source a 'document production system'. It comprised about eight terminals accessing a server that ran Dr Wang's word processing application, and we had output that looked like 'real' typing, 'cos we had a daisy wheel printer. And boy was that noisy, even with the soundproofed enclosure.
Best regards,
Ant
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