Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As you were leaving in 1990, I was just beginning to paginate with Atex, after 12 or 13 years of editing with it. Creaky it was, but it was a fine editing and production system. bh - ----- Original Message ----- From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:32 PM Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica MP --now typewriters > It seemed so, well, 'modern' at the time...that being 1980...It seemed > pretty damn creaky by the time I left in 1990, but then I wasn't > involved in pagination or any of the fancy stuff, and for writing and > line-editing, it worked just fine - when it worked....(Of course if I > never again here the words "the system's down," it will be too soon. :-) > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Bill > Harting > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 2:54 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MP --now typewriters > > > Ahhh, the Atex system. > > > bh > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 12:16 PM > Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica MP --now typewriters > > > > I wouldn't argue with a thing you've just written Sonny - and would > > only add that the day I arrived at Newsday from the Wash Post - where > > they were still using Selectrics and 6-ply copy paper - and was told > > that I would "have to" learn to use the Atex computer system, I > > thought I'd died and gone to heaven. And I had and loved a Kaypro. > > > > Note that I said I didn't act on my weird impulse... :-) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of SonC > > (Sonny Carter) > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 11:58 AM > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MP --now typewriters > > > > > > Yeah BD, I remember getting to the bottom page of a manuscript that > > was due, and holding my breath so I would not hit a typo. Trashcans > > full of wadded up paper, the nice tint that carbon paper leaves on yer > > fingers . . . The fun of changing a ribbon . . . Ah yes, those were > > the days. > > > > I remember the first day I sat down to edit someone else's work on a > > Kaypro. I found I could backspace and fix the spelling, or change a > > phrase; after five minutes on it, I stopped work, went out and > > bought one for myself. > > > > Several months later, I went to work as a producer in the ABC > > affiliate in New Orleans, and they still had Selectrics. I felt like > > I had been sentenced to hard labor. > > > > Sonny > > http://www.sonc.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Henry Ting" <henryting10@yahoo.com> > > To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:35 AM > > Subject: RE: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true! > > > > > > > > > > Well they say oldtimer writers write better on > > > typewriters. Probably that "clickety, clackety" sound inspires their > > > thoughts. But I for one would be driven crazy by that sound. > > > > > > --- bdcolen <bdcolen@earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > Funny you should say that - I have recently found > > > > myself fondly > > > > recalling typing on typewriters, to the point of wondering if I > > > > wanted to buy an old Underwood. I haven't succumbed yet, > > > > and probably won't, > > > > but the thought is there. But of course it's not the Underwood > logo > > > > that's calling to me, it's what I remember of the > > > > tactile feel and sound > > > > of typing, and it's also probably the fact that I > > > > connect both to my > > > > long-gone youth. > > > > > > > > B. D. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of > > > > Henry Ting > > > > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 10:59 AM > > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's true! > > > > > > > > > > > > Absolutely no value-added as an instrument for > > > > taking > > > > pictures. In fact, its a step backwards. Although it might touch > > > > the hearts of true die-hard Leica fans, but as far as I'm > > > > concerned, there is really no sentimental ties. I can't see myself > > > > > typing with an Underwood typewriter now that I have a PC. > > > > > > > > --- grduprey@rockwellcollins.com wrote: > > > > > > > > > > From what I can see from the photo, we get the > > > > Leica > > > > > Script back, which to > > > > > some is worth the price of admission. It sure is > > > > > more elegant than the RED > > > > > Dot. > > > > > > > > > > Gene > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ernest Nitka > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <enitka@twcny.rr.com> > > > > > > > > > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent by: > > > > > > > > > cc: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo > > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Leica MP -- Yes, it's > > > > > true! > > > > > -alto.ca.us > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 02/23/2003 01:54 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please respond to > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > leica-users > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > for those with a hankerin' for the M6MP can ya' > > > > tell > > > > > me why you'd want > > > > > this camera? Admittedly my cursory review of the > > > > > specs didn't reveal > > > > > anything important except a step backward with the rewind knob. > > > > > > the rapidwinder can be had for M6 and M7 so it isn't > > > > > even exclusive to the > > > > > MP. > > > > > > > > > > If I had an MP in the closet along with my M6 > > > > > classic I'd grab the M6 > > > > > classic everytime - so what is the rationale > > > > behind > > > > > this model ? I > > > > > don't get it. I suspect rangefinder patch flare > > > > is > > > > > still there ( oh > > > > > it's not a design flaw..... it's paying homage to > > > > > the great M6's of the > > > > > past........) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ernie > > > > > curious in syracuse > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > > > > > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > To unsubscribe, see > > > > http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Yahoo! 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