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The Whittaker Collection
Whittaker Collection
Linotype Model 1
Typograph
Linotype Model 4
Whittaker "Mickey Mouse"
Linotype Model 48
Intertype G4 4SM
Intertype C4
Linotype Model 79
Linotype Electron
Intertype Monarch
Whittaker S.A.M
Linocomp 1
Intertype Fotosetter
Compugraphic Universal
Linotype Linocomp 1
MANUFACTURED in 1973.
This is an early, computerised typesetting machine. The operator selects a character on the keyboard, which triggers a stroboscopic flash to set the type.
Four type styles, each with 105 characters, were available to the operator through filmstrips held on a drum.
Linocomp 1 used hard-wired logic, but it was replaced in 1974 by Linocomp 2, which had a Intel microprocessor.
Linocomp retailed at £5,300, which was considered inexpensive.
A small selection of Letterpress Ebay listings appear below. A much bigger selection appears here. Linotype-related Ebay listings are here.
