We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002)

Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002) by zemvpferreira on Thursday July 09, 2020 @07:22AM (#23778976)

I would also be ready to pay for a signed copy of this story. I’d frame it up in the office :)

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Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002) by hardsoftnfloppy on Thursday July 09, 2020 @08:56AM (#23779658)

Can I get a signed copy on dot matrix printout please

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Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002) by markstos on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:25AM (#23779887)

Finding a working dot matrix printer may be the most expensive part!

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Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002) by ISL on Thursday July 09, 2020 @09:53AM (#23780196)

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.

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Re:We can't send email more than 500 miles (2002) by freiheit on Thursday July 09, 2020 @12:35PM (#23781978)

They still make and sell new ones. Niche market for them because they can print onto transfer paper (with or without putting ink onto the top paper).

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