Elrod Leads and Rules

by The Elrod Press
Published: July 24, 2017 (2 years ago)

Author: The Elrod Press

I'm a time served compositor with a large printshop keeping letterpress skills alive and well View all posts by The Elrod Press

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Dave,I think the Avatar you chose for me, way back when was quite suitable. From the time I was 10 year old I lived in a fairly tough neighborhood in Sydney. My friends thought nothing taking things belong to them without paying or destroying public p...

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Re: Who remembers the BRPE paper tape punch?

Christophe, They punched 6 level teletype setter codes (TTS) onto paper tape. the tape was loaded onto an operating unit attached to the Linotype or Intertype keyboard.