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>Subject: High on ditto fluid
>Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:00:10 -0400

I dunno, I kind of liked that gloppy stuff that you had to use to correct
the mimeo stencils.  It smelled almost as good as the ditto machine output.
And remember how cold the ditto fluid was when you poured it into the
reservoir?  Mmmm-MMM.  No wonder we're all a little strange if we're over a
"certain age"-all those chemicals in the office must have gotten to us!

Sue

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>Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 08:04:08 -0500
>From: "Read Gilgen" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: #7142.7 Tracking software (!)

I see that memories are fading.  Purple tells me you were using a = Ditto
machine, not a mimeo.  Mimeo was actually black ink that squeezed through a
stencil.  Such stencils are created with a typewriter, = but repaired
(mistakes) with a kind a glue-like substance, after which = you retyped.
Mimeos were VERY messy and a real pain to deal with.

Ditto machines were a major improvement.  When you typed, the = purple (or
even other colors) material was pressed onto the ditto = master... kind of
like a glob of dry ink in the shape of letters that then transferred to
regular paper copies by means of the spirit fluid = (that good smelling
stuff!).  Some of us got to be really good with an = Exacto knife to "carve"
correct letters from mistakes on the masters.

The only problem was that students could tell if you were procrastinating...
hard to quickly get rid of the spirit smell.

The current generation of techies missed out on real fun (not!)... = I don't
mind relegating the "good old days" to a distant memory.


Susan Breeyear
Assistant Director, IT
Instructional Technology Center
St. Michael's College
Box C, One Winooski Park
Colchester, VT 05439

802 654-2821