Sociology and Message formatting

From: John Ruschmeyer <jruschme_at_hiway1.exit109.com>
Date: Fri Jan 8 12:17:08 1999

> On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Hans Franke wrote:
>
> > Shure, today they are no longer produced with typewriters and
> > Spiritusumdrucker (sorry missing word - a copyingdevice using
> > special sheets and spirit for duplication), but rather on PCs
> > or high class DTP stations, but thats just the tool.
>
> Spiritusumdrucker! What a fantastic word! I think that would be a
> mimeograph?

Actually, I think it's a Dittograph, the ones which produced the cool
blue copies.

<<<John>>>
Received on Fri Jan 08 1999 - 12:17:08 GMT

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