Friday, September 17, 2010

Dot Matrix Cast 9/17/10

Dot Matrix Cast

With the new ribbon and when printed in Best mode there is still noticeable features that make it obvious it is printed on a Dot Matrix. Once I scanned and posted the paper it actually looks really clear as if the scan smoothed out some of the dots. The Fast mode and Draft were re-printed onto the original page and wasn't spaced correctly. Oh well, it's the first of its kind, I'll get it right the next time

5 comments:

  1. OK, is it time for me to feel old now? I took my ImageWriter II and my brand-new Mac SE/30 to college. Having your own computer on campus was rare, and I had the luxury of printing papers and lab reports in my dorm room. I did have one of those combination fans/surge protectors that slipped into the handle slot, since the dorms were steam-heated, often year round, and wiring was less-than-perfect.

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  2. And you have been a "Mac man" ever since lol. Yea I know the exact cooling fan you're talking about. Being from New England I lived in a few homes with those noisy steam radiators as well. "Clunk, Clunk ssSSS" Arg. Something I bet you have never seen before though, A Mac Plus Chimney! They actually sold these!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/92704948@N00/275104234

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  3. Yeah, I'm not old enough for that retro-tech to be used before it was retro:) My college computer was an HP 486 DX (meaning with the optional math co-processor) 33Mhz and 8 MB of RAM. I think I even had a 40MB hard drive (Yes, MB, not GB)! I did have a sweet Panasonic KX dot-matrix printer that I used for close to a decade.

    Love the dot-matrix-cast! Now you got me thinking of some crazy old piece of electronics I have laying around that I can get some printed output on to 'cast with.

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  4. What is the world coming to, when we start getting nostalgic over computers? I'm with @deek, recalling an HP486DX with memory measured in megabytes.

    Classmates (and some coworkers) can not imagine a world where computers had less capacity than today's cel phones. I tell them I can even remember when there were NO personal computers. And then, I watch their little heads implode.

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  5. This brings back memories. My first computer was a 1989 Mac SE, with a 20MB internal hard drive. It kept going until about 2002 when I replaced it with a modern Mac, and it still slumbers in my closet.

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