Comments on: Word Processing Circa 1968 http://technologizer.com/2009/08/21/word-processing-circa-1968/ Reviews, News, and Opinion About Personal Technology by Harry McCracken & Friends Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:44:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: KevinF http://technologizer.com/2009/08/21/word-processing-circa-1968/comment-page-1/#comment-24029 KevinF Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:36:44 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=16052#comment-24029 Ha how funny the paper could blithely refer to typists as "girls". Let's see you try that today! Ha how funny the paper could blithely refer to typists as “girls”. Let’s see you try that today!

]]> By: Dave Barnes http://technologizer.com/2009/08/21/word-processing-circa-1968/comment-page-1/#comment-23998 Dave Barnes Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:02:09 +0000 http://technologizer.com/?p=16052#comment-23998 My first word processor (1971) was an IBM 370/168 running CMS. I used Script. For you youngsters: 1. The 370/168 cost about $10M in today's dollars. It was a huge mainframe that required a staff of 5+ to run it. 2. CMS = Cambridge Monitoring System. Later known as VM. 3. Script was a markup language. My first word processor (1971) was an IBM 370/168 running CMS. I used Script.

For you youngsters:
1. The 370/168 cost about $10M in today’s dollars. It was a huge mainframe that required a staff of 5+ to run it.
2. CMS = Cambridge Monitoring System. Later known as VM.
3. Script was a markup language.

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