| From: | Francisco Olarte <folarte(at)peoplecall(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)" <postgresql(at)mailpen(dot)com> |
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| Subject: | Re: Even more OT: Ditto machines [was: bottom / top posting] |
| Date: | 2021-06-10 23:49:09 |
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On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 10:52 PM Dean Gibson (DB Administrator)
<postgresql(at)mailpen(dot)com> wrote:
> Tom mentioned "old-timers." Remember "Ditto" machines? Remember the odor? They were in common use when I was in high school (1960).
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimeograph
I was in the spanish equivalent of high school in 1980 and although
there were photocopiers they were still used a lot. IIRC they were
much cheaper per copy, and were commonly used for exams and similar
high volume things. And in those years spain still lagged a lot behind
europe / usa.
Francisco Olarte.
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