Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: New WiFi adapter Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2025 14:40:50 +0200 Lines: 63 Message-ID: References: <7lcirjdmt6b37pcs0821d0l1jmoclrrhva@4ax.com> <9ludnRRB-JRx6ST6nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <101m75b$3s8f3$1@dont-email.me> <3cudnTmwy_61S6L1nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@giganews.com> <101q7rs$10u8n$3@dont-email.me> <101rlls$1efqc$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net JCZLwZtvto3SNuE6s+cSwQPAOLV3HXwKnSJVcs4JPNwHPFOLWA X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:+agf+HCEEcvtJyruigkt5Ly2Zog= sha256:UmYENc5NhQTex09lMFpxmzhwSRLSc4kW5LAADRedY8g= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: On 2025-06-06 06:46, c186282 wrote: > On 6/5/25 7:15 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> On 2025-06-05 10:49, The Natural Philosopher wrote: >>> On 04/06/2025 23:58, c186282 wrote: >>>> On 6/4/25 4:21 PM, rbowman wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 4 Jun 2025 20:47:08 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: .... >>>>    Umm ... are we talking WordSTAR or WordPERFECT here ? >>>> >>> WordStar produced plain text files It was an editor. >> >> It had a method to indicate underline, bold, double size... I don't >> remember how. Hidden codes like ".XY"? >> >> But then it had trouble calculating the page size. I believe I had to >> force page jump earlier. >> >>> >>> Word produced its own format -  it  was a primitive word processor >>> >>> >>>>    I've used both - indeed even WS on a Kaypro CP/M box - >>>>    but WordPerfect was much better. The old boss still >>>>    used it for everything until he retired a few years >>>>    ago. Fortunately LibreOffice could at least READ WP >>>>    files (not sure if ever became able to write them). >>>> >>>> >>> Word Perfect was in many ways Perfect...Just enough features to be >>> useful to write letters and short documents on with an easy interface. >> >> Indeed it was perfect. I could have complicated pages and it still got >> the page size correct. > >   WS was "early". However it was GOOD for the times. >   Whatever it was, you could probably get it done. >   Note noisy dot-matrix printers were standard then. > >   The OkiData's were especially noisy - but ROBUST. >   I think you can still buy those. Super-good for >   multi-page invoice forms. > >   Ah ... I think I wrote a wordstar "driver" for my printer. There was perhaps a program to do it. Or a menu option. It was better than the similar driver it came with, but still had trouble calculating the exact page size. It was a Star NL10 (I still have it). 9 pin. https://www.msx.org/wiki/Star_NL-10 The Mythological Star NL-10, and Re-Inking a Dead Dot Matrix Printer Ribbon LOL. I re-inked the ribbons myself many times, to save money. Black stamp ink diluted in alcohol, then soaked the ribbon on it, then let the alcohol dry. -- Cheers, Carlos.