> I don't know about direct computer applications but there were
> several computer-assisted typesetting applications.  Teletype machines
> were equipped with 6-level punch heads.  As an operator typed on the
> keyboard a tape of the input was punched.  This tape could run
> through a reader to print additional copies or to broadcast the story
> over the wire services.

The Monotype typesetting machines also used rolls of paper tape, with
compressed air going through the holes to set the position stops. There
was a big data entry keyboard to produce the tape and a separate type-
setting machine which read it and cast the type as required from molten
metal. They were fascinating to watch. This and the Linotype came into
use in the 1890s, and went out when the Macintosh and desktop publish-
ing (DTP) arrived around 1990.

I think most of the Monotypes in the UK have been sold to printers
in India.

Regards

Don Cox
doncox@enterprise.net