Karl.Kacz83 Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I'm in possession of Linotype Typewriter 300 series. Is this worth any money? Link to comment
Ralf Herrmann Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Where are you located? I would suggest to ask the nearest printing museum directly. Link to comment
Karl.Kacz83 Posted November 21, 2022 Author Share Posted November 21, 2022 Chicago area, thanks for the feedback Link to comment
Albert-Jan Pool Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Typewriter –> Typeview It probably only makes sense in a (well maintained) series 300 environment. Note that CRT monitors usually have a limited lifetime. 1 Link to comment
Ralf Herrmann Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 The system used to look like this: 2 Link to comment
Albert-Jan Pool Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 Operators working on screens like this usually sat in an almost dark environment, thus avoiding frequent tiring adaptation from surrounding light in the room and the dark monitor. This also partially avoided irritating reflections on the screen of lights of any kind in the room. Trade unions and work councils (Betriebsrat) made a big issue of this. I recall operators and programmers getting a medical prescription for greenish tinted ‘computer glasses’. Funny enough many students nowadays prefer Dark Mode on highly reflective iPads while sitting in fully lit rooms … 1 1 Link to comment
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