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	BW: Before Word
mickfinn
1-27-2008 9:40 PM
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mickfinn says:
Printing with movable type. One of the greatest inventions.
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1-28-2008 7:29 PM
kkcapricorn
amazing history
1-30-2008 8:36 PM
kelvin273
It's not so much "Before Word" as "Before Computer Printers," but an interesting clip nonetheless.
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