My first word processor was TRIX AC, running on the supercomputer cluster at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Had an even more exotic introduction to word processing: My first desktop-based word processor was Peachtext, on an Apple II, for a consulting project! He actually typed with no errors, too, but would let the machine retype a page so he could get a cigarette break. I typed at 110, but 130 was markedly faster. He was such a fast typist that I could not tell, without looking, whether it was him or the automated system typing given page at about 130 wpm. My colleague sat out of my sight, behind me. It as nice to have a little break every ten minutes or so. Our process was to type each page of the document, then take a break while the thing typed a clean copy of that page, which took about a minute. The Redactron was a Selectric connected to a box about three feet high next to our desks we'd type on paper, the box would record what we typed on cassettes, we could correct while typing or go back and make changes (up to a point), then print out a finished, cleaned page.
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