Leeds Fax (Book) 1989 - 23yrs ago.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 24 Apr, 2012 5:39 pm

Just splashed out 50p in Mind shop Headingley for a mint copy.Bit of a time capsule (pre Laptop etc) and will re-read. A lot less development and city living then too. Think the first tranche of riverside conversions were done, often conversion of old stock.Roger Ratcliffe the Editor ex YP Journ. I'm not techy but I remembered the intro saying it was entirely "the product of desktop publishing technology" (see pic).The kit used is probs museum stuff now.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 24 Apr, 2012 5:41 pm

The book.

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 24 Apr, 2012 5:47 pm

http://www.flickr.com/people/rogerratcliffe/

Chrism · Post by **Chrism** » Tue 24 Apr, 2012 5:48 pm

Copies on Amazon for 1p.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 24 Apr, 2012 5:52 pm

You get Amazon-hit for the "£2.80" delivery though so I find the cheapest book on Amazon is circa £3. I like it & use it tho

drapesy · Post by **drapesy** » Tue 24 Apr, 2012 9:23 pm

"Floppy discs"!!! that takes me back

JarodValdez · Post by **JarodValdez** » Fri 10 Aug, 2012 10:34 am

hence they have been empty for years.

buffaloskinner · Post by **buffaloskinner** » Fri 10 Aug, 2012 11:29 am

Jogon wrote: Bit of a time capsule (pre Laptop etc) and will re-read. Laptops similar to what you would recognise today were first commercially available in 1982, 7 years before this work was done. In 1983 I was using the old Amstrads with twin floppies, before the hard disk version came out.In the 90's Pagemaker was the first ever design package I ever used and I still use today however it is now known as Adobe Indesign 6.