I had the previlage of working in Monotype composition and Supre Caster and did little in keyboard. It was a thrill and satisfying. I owe it to my dad late Gokuldas Shenoy, who I believe is the first person in the world to install Monotype in a small town like Kasaragod in Kerala by installing the first Kannada typecasting. As a child I was fascinated by the mere sound of that typecasting machine. I still love that music. Sad the technology is obsolute with the advent of computers!
I too was a keyboard and caster op - my mistake rate was incredibly low. Now at 46 and been out of print for over 4 years, my mistake rate on computers has skyrocketed. Hated those days though - case changes, keybar frames, stop bar case and drum changes to say nothing of the caster once there. Bad, bad days. Gimme a Mac and InDesign/Quark any day. Yet that beautiful touch to the keyboard I have never experienced since.
Oh does this bring back memories! I operated a Monotype keyboard and then moved on to the casting room. I was and still am fascinated at the ballet of parts on the caster!
A pity this video is taken up with the preparation of the paper tape for operating the machine without actually getting to the point where the type is actually cast and automatically set up on a "galley".
Not my grandad! Where did you get this idea? It might well have been me, except I worked on the Monotype keyboard (in Aylesbury), a separate machine which punched the tape. What I find interesting now and quite unbelievable having been retired for some years is that the keyboard operator could not see what he/she was producing as we can with computer typesetting to which I graduated. Mistakes were few as for each one a deduction was made from a quality bonus which my employers paid.
Happy memories of my apprenticeship on monotype casters and then keyboards. Couldn't see it ever changing - how fast technology has overtaken us!
Subiaco2003 6 days ago
I had the previlage of working in Monotype composition and Supre Caster and did little in keyboard. It was a thrill and satisfying. I owe it to my dad late Gokuldas Shenoy, who I believe is the first person in the world to install Monotype in a small town like Kasaragod in Kerala by installing the first Kannada typecasting. As a child I was fascinated by the mere sound of that typecasting machine. I still love that music. Sad the technology is obsolute with the advent of computers!
knshenoy64 7 months ago
I too was a keyboard and caster op - my mistake rate was incredibly low. Now at 46 and been out of print for over 4 years, my mistake rate on computers has skyrocketed. Hated those days though - case changes, keybar frames, stop bar case and drum changes to say nothing of the caster once there. Bad, bad days. Gimme a Mac and InDesign/Quark any day. Yet that beautiful touch to the keyboard I have never experienced since.
MisterHampshire 2 years ago
Oh does this bring back memories! I operated a Monotype keyboard and then moved on to the casting room. I was and still am fascinated at the ballet of parts on the caster!
le217c 2 years ago
Ah, but for us the star of the film is grandad not his "toy"! I'll bear it in mind for next time though!!!
drsdsph 4 years ago
A pity this video is taken up with the preparation of the paper tape for operating the machine without actually getting to the point where the type is actually cast and automatically set up on a "galley".
oldsac1954 4 years ago
Your grandad looks very familiar
was he from the west country
01685384825 2 years ago
Not my grandad! Where did you get this idea? It might well have been me, except I worked on the Monotype keyboard (in Aylesbury), a separate machine which punched the tape. What I find interesting now and quite unbelievable having been retired for some years is that the keyboard operator could not see what he/she was producing as we can with computer typesetting to which I graduated. Mistakes were few as for each one a deduction was made from a quality bonus which my employers paid.
oldsac1954 2 years ago