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Article #619812Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:14
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:14
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Andreas Kohlbach <a...@spamfence.net> wrote: > On Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:00:02 -0800 (PST), hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com wrote: >> >> On Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 4:54:22 PM UTC-5, Andreas Kohlbach wrote: >> >>> When I read some 80s magazines, for example about dot-matrix printers, >>> the ads say "Has all you'll ever need". >>> >>> I mean back in 1986 to have a 24 needle printer must have been awesome >>> and you might have though, how could this can get any better. >>> >>> Well you didn't know about laser- or ink printers back then, although >>> technology existed already. ;-) >> >> I am disappointed that my old dot-matrix printer no longer operates. >> (Not sure why, it simply doesn't print.) It was my first personal >> printer after using a typewriter for years. I really liked that I >> could have multiple fonts without physically changing the typeball, >> also could do italics and boldface. (Double-height and double >> width was possible, but cumbersome.) > > Getting any error messages from the OS (I hope you use CP/M? ;-) or the > printer if it has a panel itself? A friend had a Citizen Swift (24 > needles) in the later part of the 80s and I seem to remember it already > had an LCD display panel. > >> I liked that it was simple enough to send printer command via a >> simple BASIC program, so I could print simple stuff without >> bothering with the word processing. For instance, I had batch >> commands to print a return address, and could optionally add my >> phone numbers. > > I suppose (not having a printer here) you still can. Easy enough with a laser printer to plug in PCL commands. I have written Rexx and PL/I programs to print program listings with a specified font and point size. -- Pete
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