Post by Daz Madrigal on Nov 17, 2007 14:57:24 GMT
Shamelessly stolen from elsewhere but I just had to post the bane of my life very first computer we used in the stead of compositing.
It didn't actually put old Harold out of a job because basically it was crap. However, there was a display screen of sorts. Its main drawback being that you could only see the last five or six words you'd typed. As for the spacing between different headings, sizes and fonts...you had to more or less guess them. A somewhat hit and miss affair.
Still to Harold the Compositor it was 'Cutting Edge' design and something he looked upon with a mix of bemusement and baffled confusion. I think he was quietly amused when I made so many mistakes on it. He was hardly ever without a pipe in his mouth and I'd hear a quiet chuckle whenever the film had run out. Which it did do..frequently. It was difficult to see how much film was actually in there.
Also the spacing was occasionally awry and it'd turn into a cut and paste job. Sadly...or perhaps fortunately he didn't live long enough to gaze upon the wonders of the Apple L1. If he'd hadn't already had a heart attack he certainly would have done if he'd seen the new Apple Mac. We'd have kept him on but er..in a limited capacity and maybe part-time. He could have retired but he just liked to come into work and away from the house and his rather domineering Wife (she even banned him from watching Benny Hill!).
Nowadays the only cause of wonderment is the price. Both came in at near £2,000 plus £400 for the Pagemaker disc's (err.. all 15 of them
).
Dedicated to Harold Dawson, Compositor. RIP.
It didn't actually put old Harold out of a job because basically it was crap. However, there was a display screen of sorts. Its main drawback being that you could only see the last five or six words you'd typed. As for the spacing between different headings, sizes and fonts...you had to more or less guess them. A somewhat hit and miss affair.
Still to Harold the Compositor it was 'Cutting Edge' design and something he looked upon with a mix of bemusement and baffled confusion. I think he was quietly amused when I made so many mistakes on it. He was hardly ever without a pipe in his mouth and I'd hear a quiet chuckle whenever the film had run out. Which it did do..frequently. It was difficult to see how much film was actually in there.
Also the spacing was occasionally awry and it'd turn into a cut and paste job. Sadly...or perhaps fortunately he didn't live long enough to gaze upon the wonders of the Apple L1. If he'd hadn't already had a heart attack he certainly would have done if he'd seen the new Apple Mac. We'd have kept him on but er..in a limited capacity and maybe part-time. He could have retired but he just liked to come into work and away from the house and his rather domineering Wife (she even banned him from watching Benny Hill!).
Nowadays the only cause of wonderment is the price. Both came in at near £2,000 plus £400 for the Pagemaker disc's (err.. all 15 of them
).Dedicated to Harold Dawson, Compositor. RIP.
