Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
by techdragon on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:08AM
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Yes. Seriously... I’m willing to pay for the shipping and everything. I’ve told this story countless times to people over the years. This and the “OpenOffice can’t print on Tuesday” bug are two of my favourite troubleshooting stories.
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Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
by franky47 on Thursday July 09, 2020 @06:42AM
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HN thread for the OpenOffice story:
Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
by zemvpferreira on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:22AM
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I would also be ready to pay for a signed copy of this story. I’d frame it up in the office :)
Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
by hardsoftnfloppy on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:56AM
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Can I get a signed copy on dot matrix printout please
Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
by markstos on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:25AM
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Finding a working dot matrix printer may be the most expensive part!
Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)
by ISL on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:53AM
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My father recently retired his printer (Epson LQ-850) not because the printer had failed, but because driver support was lacking. We had used the same printer since ~1992. He was super bummed; he had stockpiled ribbons and still had a full box of tractor-feed paper.
The explanation he was given by the person in charge of administration on his university-department computer: At least on the system he was using, modern drivers expected a reply from the printer in response to commands, but apparently, the LQ-850 only receives commands but does not reply.