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Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫petealexharris@mastodon.scot
Sep 11, 2026, 11:09 AM
Remember when printers just worked? You'd send them bytes over a parallel port, and there was a manual that came with the printer to say what would happen if you sent what sequence of bytes?
If so, you may soon be eligible for free bus travel in Scotland.
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Thomas Beaglethomasbeagle@mastodon.nz
Sep 11, 2026, 1:48 PM
@petealexharris Actually no I don't. Printers have always been cursed.
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Pete Alex Harris🦡🕸️🌲/∞🪐∫petealexharris@mastodon.scot
Sep 11, 2026, 2:41 PM
@thomasbeagle
OK true. There was a golden age though, around the Epson FX-80.
Before that there were nightmare beasts like barrel printers which could actually kill you. Modern printers want to, sure, but are mostly limited to working on your mental health.
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