On Apr 9, 2012, at 10:43 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > I know this is gonna stretch you're imagination, but in the days > before PowerPoint things went like this. > You sketched out a presentation on paper, or maybe an HP9814 computer > with a plotter. > With the plotter's output, you could make color overheads for small > audience presentations. > But the larger group presentations (50-250+people) were all color > slides in glass mounts. > You and your Kodak carosel flew off to various cities to give the > presentations. > You brought the script and the slides in your carry-on luggage, > because you were worthless without the slides. > You had to finalize the presentation 2 or 3 days before departure so > they could create the slides. > It's all PowerPoint now. > Regards, Bob S. >
it was all PowerPoint. These days, most professionally prepared presentations are done on Keynote. Paul > > On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 2:44 AM, Brian Walters <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Quoting Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>: >> >>> Brian, >>> Once upon a time, people made slides for business presentations. >>> Put your presentation on a CRT display and then photograph it. >>> This was the purpose of this camera based on an A3000. >>> It was connected to a dedicated machine. >> >> >> >> Well, that makes sense. >> >> The designation 'PT135' seems a bit strange, though. I think that >> designation is just barely visible behind the shutter release in one of the >> photos on the EBay site. Perhaps this was a third party modification sold >> in low numbers as part of a copying package. >> >> >> >> -- >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia >> http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

