RE: old school

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

On Behalf Of Suzette Leeming was heard to say:
 
> Okay - I'll date myself as well. I remember Multiplan, DBase III, Fox
Pro
> and Ventura Publishing - the latter from when Xerox owned it. I've
worked
> on
> IBM Selectric typewriters, Memorywriters, AES and Micom word
processors.

Oh no.  Not another "memory lane" thread. Not so soon.... aaargh! It's
sucking me in....      

I might very well have had my sweaty fingers in the innards of your
Micom Word Processor. I was a factory-floor technician for Micom, and
then Philips (who bought Micom -- wuzzat 1983?), before eventually
getting started in the techwriting thing with Philips. 

Kevin (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, eh?)
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