How a 1980s University Used a Linotron 202 Typesetter

HN commenters point to it as the history of phototypesetters and a story about the freedom to control your own hardware.

Professor Brailsford of the University of Nottingham describes how the university set out to print its own mathematics exam papers in the 1980s. The story centers on getting a Mergenthaler Linotron 202 typesetter to work with their own software.