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Monday, 06 September 2010
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W hen the ‘dream’ of a magazine first engulfed Ida and I, things were a lot different. First of all, computers were in their infancy and what they offered was little more than a fancy electric typewriter with limited storage. In 1982 the TRS-80 computer was being offered by Radio Shack. It had a word processing program that sounded like it would revolutionize the publishing business. We invested in one and thus began the saga of the Fracasse’s and the publishing of the Glendoran magazine.Our first publication consisted of 40 pages and the cover showed the village of Glendora looking north. The subscription price was $20 per year for a few years until it was raised to $25 and it has remained the same ever since. Beginning copies were very basic in layout design and everything, and I mean everything, was done by hand. The pages, when ready, would be filmed by the printer and plates made to use on the printing press. The photos were turned into what was called ‘stats’ when |
