Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Mike Spencer Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: how dot matrix printers placed text Date: 08 Jul 2024 16:42:06 -0300 Organization: Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop Lines: 28 Sender: mds@enoch.nodomain.nowhere Message-ID: <87le2bhdrl.fsf@enoch.nodomain.nowhere> References: <668b38fd$0$1439840$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2024 21:42:12 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="73352cddd1fe6554f6b543fd09cbfa57"; logging-data="1062390"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+LGyZaDLhCZPtUGYEhaxNsqJ5Quxd6b5A=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:RTtR8JB8GF+qpTRnejkrTQKUgE8= X-Clacks-Overhead: 4GH GNU Terry Pratchett X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.7/Emacs 20.7 Bytes: 1930 Retrograde writes: > From the "miss that awesome sound" department: > Title: How dot matrix printers created text > Author: Thom Holwerda > Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 22:15:43 +0000 > Link: https://www.osnews.com/story/140137/how-dot-matrix-printers-created-text/ Jeez, you kids. Never even heard the "awesome sound" of a skilled typist using a typewriter.....clatter clatter stottle-spop....dit. > The impact printer was a mainstay of the early desktop computing era. Also > called "dot matrix printers,"... The DecWriter hard-copy terminal was also "dot matrix", albeit lacking the ability of much later desktop printers to nudge dots closer together horizontally, improving readability. > The heart of the impact printer is the print head. Amazingly massive device on the DecWriter. > Links: > [1]: https://technicallywewrite.com/2024/07/01/dotmatrix (link) -- Mike Spencer Nova Scotia, Canada