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emeritus · 1st Oct 2020, 1:40 pm

The time share computer (GEIS) we used in the 1970's had a range of this sort of picture you could download and print, but I never bothered saving any. A minor revenue-earner, as you had to pay by the minute for connection time on top of the BT (GPO then) call charge, and we had to log a charge to a project whenever we used the computer.

I do remember that, at one Christmas in the mid-1970's, in the Debenhams department store in Romford you could have your own picture produced this way. I didn't examine their equipment closely so I don't know how they did it: video camera or scanned photograph perhaps?

1st Oct 2020, 1:40 pm	#15
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,339	Re: Teleprinters - repair tips and servicing The time share computer (GEIS) we used in the 1970's had a range of this sort of picture you could download and print, but I never bothered saving any. A minor revenue-earner, as you had to pay by the minute for connection time on top of the BT (GPO then) call charge, and we had to log a charge to a project whenever we used the computer. I do remember that, at one Christmas in the mid-1970's, in the Debenhams department store in Romford you could have your own picture produced this way. I didn't examine their equipment closely so I don't know how they did it: video camera or scanned photograph perhaps?