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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: i-node who wrote (201140)9/9/2004 11:56:54 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (4) of 1574267
 
"proportional spacing with superscripts were not available until the late '70s."

Specialized print balls. You know, something that IBM advertised? It wasn't even particularly expensive...

Sure, horizontal cursors can be done. But they are a PITA. Anybody that is going to that degree of detail, isn't going to miss that superscripts could only be done with specialized print balls. But you probably knew that...

Are you, by any chance, an Eric Von Danniken enthusiasts?
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