Re: editor and word processor history (was: Re: RTF for emacs)

[Emanuel Berg]

Robert Thorpe <rt@robertthorpeconsulting.com> writes:

> In those days programs were punched onto cards using
> keypunches or punched onto paper tape.  Sometimes
> they were written on paper and someone else would
> punch them in.  In those early days editors were
> there to help people fix mistakes afterwards once a
> file existed on a tape or disk.  Only later were they
> used for the whole writing process.

OK, but then how did the data get on the tape/disk in
the first place?

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