tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post6701490415536653407..comments2024-03-08T20:21:22.820+00:00Comments on The Deighton Dossier: It's all in the detailDeighton Dossierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764108300942425651noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-20802663695195337312022-05-17T19:58:19.338+01:002022-05-17T19:58:19.338+01:00It was not a personal computer as we knew it in 19...It was not a personal computer as we knew it in 1980s, as microprocessors were not invented then, but something close to it-a word processor, where editing was easier, but clumsy as it used magnetic tapes, and a complex editing process.<br />This article describes it well :https://slate.com/culture/2013/03/len-deightons-bomber-the-first-book-ever-written-on-a-word-processor.html<br />Interesting as Robert Ludlum wrote all his novels, each was a thick book, and every one of them were best sellers. He used long hand on yellow pad using a box of sharpened HB pencils ( as a student in the US, I used to do it, as we all did then. even in the exams there in the university-as universities there did not use printed answer books, and the exam papers were typed and photocopied sheets), and faxed the written sheets to his secretary!Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064679725920605819noreply@blogger.com