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From: Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: The problem with not owning the software
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:19:07 +0000
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Andrzej Matuch wrote:

[snip]

> I was actually surprised to hear that because 
> I recalled that printers in the 1980s other than PC ones were usually 
> tiny daisy wheel ones. 

I had a daisy wheel printer.  Massive thing, beautifully made, with a 
chrome steel frame; used tractor feed paper, and produced very nice 
printed output.  But is was as noisy as a machine gun!  So I installed 
it in the front porch - which we never used anyway - and drilled a hole 
through the wall for power and the RS232 data cable.

I gave it away when I wanted something which would cope with simple 
graphics so got a dot-matrix printer - which was a bit quieter.


-- 
Graham J