On Sep 10, 2017, at 7:55 PM, Mark Linimon via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 10, 2017 at 04:55:48PM -0700, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> Not nearly as funny to watch as a Mergenthaler Linotype hot-type >> machine, I'll wager. > > I got to see one in use my freshman year of college. The school > newspaper was still set that way (out of loyalty for the people > who had done it for decades) but that was the last year. > > I assure you in the strongest possible terms that this was pre-OSHA. There was one of those machines in my Junior High School shop classroom. I saw it run once (not well enough to successfully set a line of type, but nearly). I endorse Mark’s assessment of its safety characteristics...
